Schools can make sure no one gets ahead in school (although this is wrong), but they end up pushing the ability-grouped, advanced classes in math and other subjects into the private realm. Lower-income and minority students will be under-represented in gifted programs and in "top track" classes, because there is an achievement gap, but the disparity may be even larger in private classes, because parents must have the means, the background knowledge, and the desire to seek them out.
Exactly. We tried a free charter school last year, and it didn't have a lot to offer a HG+ kid. We can afford to homeschool via CTY and other private options, so we are.
IMO, the public schools should be providing better opportunities to lower income gifted students (if they did, the higher income people might stick around).
