It continues to trouble me when gifted education is equated to a good education--the kind many private schools offer. That good education ought to be a priority everywhere. And as good as it can be, it's not the same thing as gifted education.
Agree 100%. If the norm in public education was to challenge each child according to her or his needs, with the right tools and resources, we might not see this mania.
We are not in a lottery system (there are no gifted schools, although there are programs, required by law). Whenever I hear about them, I think, doesn't the very need for a lottery say that the system needs to rebalance things in order to have the right number of slots?
