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How should schools deal with gifted children?

Without appropriate action, school for so-called high-potential children can often result in boredom and bullying. But how should already stretched teachers respond? What is the best way to handle talented children – not only intellectually but also socially and emotionally?

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Schools struggle with talented children

This content was published on Margherita learnt to read when she was four; Amos is six and has memorised the names of all the dinosaurs and distances between planets. They are so-called high-potential children: they have IQs above 125, an advanced use of language, excellent memories, are very curious and have a level of comprehension that is more like that…

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Dual code schools target long term expats

This content was published on Such bilingual establishments could provide the answer for many foreign workers who will soon be forced to educate their children in the local school system in Zurich. Canton Zurich has insisted on the measure to force better integration of the foreign population. In September of last year, the canton’s education department laid out the new…

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