By Jila Hatam, Center Director, Kumon Math and Reading Center of Long Beach – Stearns If a child falls behind in math by the third grade, they have less than a 1-in-3 chance of catching up without targeted support. On the flip side, gifted students who are left on autopilot can lose up to two years of academic momentum by the time they hit middle school. They seem like opposite problems, but they stem from the exact same root cause: children are rarely taught at the pace th