Even Gifted Students Can’t Keep Up: In Math and Science, the Best Fend for Themselves
NYTimes editorial praises the Robinson Center's program for work with seventh and eight graders. The ߺ has long allowed a select group of seventh and eighth graders, none older than 14, to skip high school entirely and enter a one-year “transition school” in which they live at home to ease the social adjustment while taking courses on campus taught by an experienced faculty. The courses include physics and precalculus along with English, history and ethics. In the following year, transition-school graduates become regular full-time students.