Some gifted kids do well in school. A lot of them don't. Sometimes nobody knows what's going on: not the kid, not the parents, not the school. Performance is up and down. Behavior is up and down. Nobody's comfortable, and nobody knows why. Read more

It's always possible this will be delayed again, but it looks like it's going to happen this time.

To leave high school with a diploma, next year's graduates need to pass the first California High School Exit Exam administered, not for practice, but for real. See The California Department of Education. Read more

It looks like some things may get easier. The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004) provides an option for a pilot program (fifteen states) to develop a three-year Individual Education Program (IEP) to replace the current one-year requirement. Read more

Blurring the line between high school and college

In 1993, the Middle College National Consortium was started to provide professional development for secondary and postsecondary public educators. The goal was to help them find ways to bring under-performing high school students to high academic standards. Read more