[webstersII]

“I think the intent here is more like “and then they shall all be equally stupid.””

You couldn’t be more wrong.

The problem with public school nowadays is that the smart kids sit around waiting for the slower ones to catch up.

This gives the exceptional ones more ability to achieve.

[Tarpon]

I am not sure you are serious, but having faster learning students twiddle their thumbs while the slow ones twaddle, doesn't seem like a good use of human capital. Maybe a better approach would be to speed up the slow lane?

Or maybe even move the fast learners up a grade or two.

Of course liberals have their own solutions, send their kids to private high achiever schools.

[brytlea]

When we lived in Midland TX, all 3 of my sons went thru their gifted program (elementary school). It was a pull out program (they went somewhere other than their regular school one or more days per week, depending on their grade). This worked out well for them because they were challenged in the gifted classes, and still had to keep up with their regular work, which meant they didn’t have time to be bored. It was a full plate, but I think they would have died of boredom otherwise.