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My second grader’s public school is full of warm, caring educators and decent support for students working below grade level. His class is big and rowdy, with a single teacher and a majority of kids who read and do math at a kindergarten level.

But my child is working significantly above grade level, and reports being bored. He gets appropriate worksheets once he (quickly) completes his grade-level work, but as far as I can tell, he figures them out himself. I think he gets basically zero meaningful instruction at his level, and the teacher admits she spends her “extra” time with the struggling kids. I want to advocate for my kid, without taking re

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