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Re:Separating gifted children hasn't led to better achievement by toasterlovin on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:05PM (#21448597)
> are we willing to sacrifice helping them do better to help the top achievers do their best

It's not clear to me that separating more talented kids into their own groups and classes hurts less talented kids. What is your thinking here?

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Re:Separating gifted children hasn't led to better achievement by cortesoft on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:40PM (#21449101)
Isn't that the entire conclusion of the article? That separating kids out hurts the average, meaning more kids are worse off than better?
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Re:Separating gifted children hasn't led to better achievement by swish_bob on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @08:21AM (#21452082)
Numerous studies appear to show this.
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