Newt once suggested that students who are ready should move from tenth grade right into college courses or career training. He expressed the opinion that too many students are stagnant for years while doing their time in public schools. He said middle schools are in a holding pattern and many students are ready in middle school to fininsh the material offered in high schools.
I found that assessment to be perfectly true years later when my own sons went through these ages. Both were actually harmed or stunted in the “holding pattern” of doing their time in the public system. The leftist social and political herd manipulation time students spend in schools these days is terribly destructive to behavior and the learning of personal responsibility.
He also touched on virtual schools guided by mentors being available to replace factory designed classroom schools which I think is a great idea. Students should not be the property of adults with their own interests that have nothing to do for the benefit of students.