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The slogan "no child left behind" did not apply to it,

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Once children are segregated into same age groups SOME of the children in that group are going to be left behind because they can't quite keep up and some are going to be unchallenged. No classroom of children is completely homogeneous in talent and ability...not even in gifted classes.

By the way,,,,my children are NORMALLY bright. Yes, they did win math competitions at their university but it is very likely that they would not have qualified for the elite group that you describe.

I have repeatedly posted that my children are NORMAL. It is the institutionalized child who is academically and socially delayed in development. This is my opinion.

In a free market, I feel confident that schools would emerge that would subscribe to your philosophy. I fully support the parents who would choose this for their children. They know their own child better than I do or any government bureaucrat.

I think you are right. I read a couple years ago that this country uses the I.Q. test to label children more than any other country on earth. I have heard to many phony educators use the bell curve to excuse the mediocrity of our schools. According to international test our students are dummies. If our students were as dumb as educators claim , how is it they form the best military the world has ever seen.Our soldiers are not Harvard educated.Even their leaders aren't in line for faculty positions at Ivy league schools.If Gslob wants his elitest schools he should be pay for them out of his own pocket. He should not take money from "retards" and "dullards". If he likes caste sytems, he should move to India.

In a free market, I feel confident that schools would emerge that would subscribe to your philosophy.

Exactly. If an end were put to the government monopoly of education, the free market could provide so many more options.