Re:Separating gifted children hasn't led to better achievement
by rtpg on Monday November 04, 2019 @11:31PM
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> These harms would be magnified if kids who don't fit in with the crowd had even fewer options to escape.
The idea isn't to just get rid of private schools, but to take money that goes into that and finance better public education (which can still include ways for people to move around if needed!)
Having a separate world for the rich means that kids who "don't fit in with the crowd" but don't have wealthy parents won't have any way out.
In an alternate world where more money is invested in the public system, having wealth would no longer be a necessary requirement for having access to alternatives.
The idea isn't to just get rid of private schools, but to take money that goes into that and finance better public education (which can still include ways for people to move around if needed!)
Having a separate world for the rich means that kids who "don't fit in with the crowd" but don't have wealthy parents won't have any way out.
In an alternate world where more money is invested in the public system, having wealth would no longer be a necessary requirement for having access to alternatives.