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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by dagw on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:27AM (#13482762)
The solution to the problem you describe is different classes for students of different abilities, not different schools. The school I went to (in England) split most classes into 4 sets where the 'best' student's in each subject went to set 1 and the ones that need extra help went to set 3 or 4. Then there where extra-curricular 'clubs' in certain subjects for students that wanted to go even deeper than the lessons allowed. Even the most gifted of students may need some extra help in some subject. I, for example, was in set 1 for math and science, but set 4 for french.
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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by maverick_iceman on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:34AM (#13482860)
In my experiences abilities in different subjects are highly correlated. So someone who is very good in science/math is unlikely to be completely dumb when it comes to history/language. So your proposal would actually give rise to (intellectually) segregated schools in all but name. So we might as well make it formal.
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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by dagw on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:44AM (#13482964)
So your proposal would actually give rise to (intellectually) segregated schools in all but name

I didn't find that at all. There is more to school than classes, and we did have a bunch of classes that weren't segregated by ability (history, geography, religious studies, shop classes, sometimes PE, etc.) Plus we had lunch and all breaks together. My friends where absolutely not all in the same math set as me.

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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by atErik on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @09:43PM (#13488286)
I agree w/ dagw. Schools need to have extra classes, extra-curricular classes, etc based on set of similarly gifted students' abilities, or based on set of similarly non-gifted/regular students' lack-of-abilities to improve their abilities. If needed, eligible volunteer or paid teacher should be arranged on specific time. A separate school for gifted students or a separate school for regular/non-gifted students is very-bad/non-gifted idea w/evil & ineffective motives.
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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by dagw on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:07AM (#13489605)
The other advantage of having everything in the same school is that it makes moving up (and down) in the sets a lot easier. A kid who is right on the cusp between set 1 and set 2 in math can be put into set 1 for a term and see how it works out. Or a kid who, for whatever reason, starts slipping can be moved down a set and given some extra support. If these changes required moving schools then that will never happen.
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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? by neap24 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:58PM (#13486015)
This is actually a great compromise solution (and practical). I had the experience of being in a "gifted" class from third grade to sixth grade. It seemed to be a win-win situation where the school (and students) got the benefits of intellectual diversity but allowed kids to learn more at their own pace.
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