How do we help intellectually gifted kids flourish? The answer isn’t just giving them more work

When we talk about intellectually gifted children, the debate tends to focus on one of two questions: how we detect this characteristic, and why it doesn’t always translate into higher marks at school. While these are important questions, they overlook another equally important one: what can schools do once they know a student has to learn in a different way to other others?

Even when gifted students are identified, educators tend to offer an uninspiring response. They set more work, or more of the same…

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