Here at The Capable Genius, we are a big proponent of grade skipping. Most of the fears that are encountered regarding grade skipping are wholly unfounded, and those that might have some merit can be mitigated.
Truly the main, but not only, root of balking for acceleration is not for the benefit of the child as much as it is the "We've never done this before" fear of the educators. Skipping a child does not fit neatly into a system that is based on arbitrary rules (organizing by age, not by ability), and regulations. While we truly understand that administrators and teachers are overworked and structure helps them, we also have to understand that children are actually the clients of education and must not be the afterthought.
Below is a link to a list of famous folk who had been accelerated in school and some background on them for your perusal
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/grade_skipped.htm
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