What it means to teach gifted learners well
For anyone considering teaching a gifted and talented student, as a former TX state G&amp;T teacher I&#x27;d currently recommend either homeschooling or a Sudbury Valley school [0]. The outcomes for the &quot;no tests, no lectures&quot; format of Sudbury Valley schools produces better results vs traditional programs[1]. This fact is known by many educators who follow up with the question &quot;but I wouldn&#x27;t have a job at a Sudbury Valley school since teaching is no longer needed...&quot;<p>I myself have worked at both trad and Sudbury, and could not in good conscience continue in trad education. Everything I leaned about pedagogy told me the trad format caused the worst outcomes, yet the school boards prevented me and other teachers from making any changes.<p>It&#x27;s sad to realize how ineffective the trad methods are, and that many teachers know it yet follow along because they need the paycheck.<p>If I have children they will only attend Sudbury valley schools or be homeschooled in a similar format.<p>It actually prepares children to be self reliant, self teaching adults, vs the trad model that prepares for totalitarianism and simple memorization [2].<p>I know it&#x27;s hard for many adults who went to a trad school model to accept that it&#x27;s one of the worst formats possible when measured against other formats, but is it really so hard to believe? Consider everything you know about humans, and how we often fall into bad patterns even when when we know better. It&#x27;s not so hard to realize how a bad model has been doubled down on for over a century, and the people in control of it have no interest in admitting they&#x27;ve been propagating a bad system this whole time.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sudbury_school" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sudbury_school</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;circleschool.org&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;Circle-School-Grads-in-2015-July-30-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;circleschool.org&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;Circle-School-Gr...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cantrip.org&#x2F;gatto.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cantrip.org&#x2F;gatto.html</a>