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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by WalterBright on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:09PM (#31671667)
The only resources needed are books and chalkboards, pencil and paper. These are cheap.

My public high school installed a competition diving pool. Did that improve education there? Not a whit. It was nice for the diving team, though, which was 6 girls.

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by rootusrootus on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:20PM (#31671821)
I wouldn't overlook people as resources. In addition to teachers, it's really valuable to have more adults around to help out. Otherwise keeping a room of 25 kids corralled is enough work on its own that it meaningfully reduces the time left to teach.
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