Stanford: First virtual high school for the gifted

Becky Bartindale:

Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth is taking the next logical step: launching what is believed to be the nation's first online high school for gifted students.

The virtual high school will offer a full standard curriculum -- and more -- for students in 10th through 12th grades, leading to a high school diploma.

The only restrictions? Students will have to prove their intellectual prowess -- and come up with the tuition of about $12,000 a year. Applications are being accepted later this month, classes will begin in the fall.

Gifted students around the world already flock to the program at Stanford, in part because many schools are unable to offer everything that advanced students need.

``The gifted are among those left behind,'' said Patrick Suppes, a philosophy professor emeritus from Stanford who directs the Stanford program. ``For reasons that aren't bad policy, No Child Left Behind worries most about students who are underperforming.

Stanford's Educational Program for Gifted Youth website.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 12, 2006 5:02 PM
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