Homeschooling Gifted Kids
BevK April 20th, 2006
http://www.wzzm13.com/new…x?storyid=52947
Parents of gifted students are turning to homeschooling.
FROM GIFTED TO AT RISK: Money for Michigan’s brightest students dwindles
State money for gifted programs has dropped to nearly nothing in recent years, from $5 million in 1997 to $285,000 today. Across metro Detroit, as school districts pinched by tight budgets make hard choices about which programs to keep, gifted programs have fallen by the wayside.
“You’ve got to put the funds where they will do the most good for the most kids,” said Gayle Green, assistant superintendent in the Macomb Intermediate School District.
Parents such as Lynn Hawkins of Novi worry that without extra attention, their children could become underachievers.
That’s why she and husband John Hawkins decided to homeschool their gifted sons, Matthew, 9, and Andrew, 8. The public school Matthew had attended for two years and Andrew for one year - Village Oaks in Novi - was good, and the teachers were excellent, they said, but the parents feared they wouldn’t be able to do enough.
