Summary of Report
The Templeton National Report on Acceleration titled A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students discusses current issues with the education system in the United States. This report also argues for systematic changes to be made that benefits children and adolescents of all developmental levels, specifically those that are academically gifted. Three authors, with educational career backgrounds, contributed to this report and recognize that students, regardless of gender, socio-economic status, and ethnicity, are ready to accelerate in the classroom but are often hindered due to a “one size fits all” model (Colangelo, Assouline, & Gross, 2004). With each issue discussed, suggested interventions are…