Leonardo Gifted School is partner or member of: ECHA - European Council for High Ability, WCGTC - World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, AERO - Alternative Education Resource Organization, BPLUSA - Big Picture Learning Design USA, University of Bucharest - Faculty of Phychology and Educational Sciences, University of Connecticut - Neag School of Education, Simon Fraser University - Faculty of Education

Why a Gifted Education School?

 

Why a Gifted Education School?

  1. “A report from Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) claims that many state secondary schools are not supporting their most able pupils to reach their full potential. Bright children who feel bored and unchallenged at school can “switch off” from the education process and fail to achieve what they are capable of.” Press release: Schools failing to support the most able pupils, MENSA UK, 2015, March.
  2. Gifted Kids are expected to excel, many times leaving their childhood empty of the joy and exercise, in order to achieve academic results. They are often expected to be “a genius”. This is a tremendous pressure from peer groups and from the academic environment.
  3. A lot of parents need emotional space, and specific knowledge to support their gifted child. Parents tell us they are exhausted when dealing with the intensity of their child and they need help. “Being a parent of a Mensa child is demanding, she says. “It’s exhausting, it’s frustrating, it nearly ruins marriages.”
  4. Growing up gifted is not necessary a social advantage of any kind. A high IQ comes in a package with a lot of vulnerabilities, pains, differences which make anyone easily overwhelmed. A gifted school could help the child from an early age know his place in the world and develop that inner resiliece to effectively help cope with life later on
  5. “According to Article 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to an education which develops their personality, talents and mental abilities to their fullest potential. It is enshrined in UK law as section 7 of the Education Act 1996, which requires the parent of every school age child to ensure that they receive an education that is suitable to their age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational need that they might have.” Potential Plus UK’s Manifesto for supporting children and young people with high learning potential 2015
  6. Because gifted children have special educational needs and are a vulnerable social group.
  7. They need to be identified and offered the support they need in order to learn and reach their potential
  8. Most of the gifted kids do not grow to reach social or professional success (50% of them according to international research)
  9. According to 2010 research from UK, 97% of gifted children do not achieve their potential.
  10. As a society, we need to provide equal development opportunities for all children from which finally children and lastly the society will get profit.
  11. It is guaranteed “the right to a differentiated education, to formal, non-formal and informal, educational programs as a whole, and appropriate development to the segment of the population represented by young gifted, capable of high performance, characterized by particular needs”(Article 3 / Law 17/2007 on the education of gifted, capable of high performance children) plus a whole list of other laws supporting gifted.
  12. Because there are indeed direct Benefits of Gifted Education; they have been studied at one of the most prestigious associations in the world, dedicated exclusively to Gifted, The National Association for Gifted Children, US. Here you can download the „ Research That Supports the Need for and Benefits of Gifted Education”.
  13. Please read the whole recommendation of Klaus Urban, ex president of WCGTC, and the recommendation of Judy Galbraith, M.A. Author of The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids. And many more legal arguments and recommendations here.