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  College at 13: Young, gifted and purposeful

  This book describes 14 highly gifted young women, now in their 30s, who left home to attend college at age 13 to 16, skipping all or most of high school. This book is designed to help educators and parents understand that gifted kids need academic challenge, that there are colleges with specific programs for such students, that it doesn’t harm them to leave home early and that keeping them interested in learning is vitally important.
  

  Forging Paths: Beyond Traditional Schooling

  Traditional schooling may not provide your son or daughter with a satisfactory or fulfilling education. In this book, you’ll read the stories of nine young people who took varying, nontraditional educational paths and succeeded in their chosen endeavors and vocations. Click here to read a review of this book.

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  Domain Based Moral Education

  This writing provides an overview of the major developmental theories currently influencing research on moral education. It reviews theories of moral development by Piaget, Kohlberg and Turiel, as well as a brief overview of the work of Carol Gilligan and the Morality of Care.