Best schools for gifted students
I'm moving to Baton Rouge from Plano, Texas and I want more input about the best school for gifted students in Baton Rouge.
After talking to educators at the Louisiana Department of Education, education reporters at several local newspapers around Baton Rouge and school officials at both public and private schools, I was given the recommendation by the majority (of those contacted) that for gifted children private schools are not the best solution in Baton Rouge for highly gifted students - the academic scores, attendance at Ivy league colleges and scholastic rankings just don't rank against the gifted students at the public schools.
In Plano, Texas the majority of gifted students and the students being recruited by the Ivy League schools are from other countries or their parents are from other countries. I was told that population of highly gifted student is in the gifted programs at the public schools - not the private schools. I want my children to compete against the best and brightest students that compete at the Ivy League level.
Do you have a highly gifted child? Could you provide stats for your school based on acceptance to Ivy League universities? How does your private school stats for gifted children compare to the public school gifted program stats?
After contacting several Ivy League universities I was informed that attendance from Louisiana students is predominantly from public schools in Baton Rouge, not private schools.
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