[CobaltBlue]

Like it or don't, the federal government is in the education business (No Child Left Behind) and one of the things it mandates is accelerated learning classes for "gifted and talented" children.

It also mandates special education for "special needs" children.

"Mainstreaming" gifted children with "special needs" children is insanity, social engineering at its worst.

[wideawake]

"Mainstreaming" gifted children with "special needs" children is insanity, social engineering at its worst.

In practice, one finds that administrators acknowledge this insanity and that's why at magnet schools in NYC for gifted kids, you will find a mix of: gifted children, average kids picked out for their above-average work ethic and "special needs" kids who are carefully cherry-picked - as I said before, bright kids with dyslexia or bright kids with physical disabilities like paraplegia.