An Online School Like No Other: Innovating creative pedagogical solutions to support shared goals for gifted and twice-exceptional K-12 learners across the world
Abstract: The nature of traditional education is to educate the masses while providing services to exceptional learners. Despite valiant attempts made by educators and advocates, many highly gifted and twice exceptional children slip through the cracks, their potential achievements in academics and life being cut short, sometimes backfiring in the opposite direction, leading at best to missed opportunities to contribute to society in positive ways and worse, society feels the negative ramifications of a failed attempt to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of the highly gifted. This work identifies four constructs within a radically different framework aimed at leveraging innovative pedagogical solutions in support of shared goals for gifted and twice exceptional students