Gifted and Punished: How Schools Hold Back Their Best Students in the Name of Equity
23rd September 2026
Schools are ending gifted and talented programs. They will no longer separate kids by ability.
Why?
To address “inequity.”
23rd September 2026
Schools are ending gifted and talented programs. They will no longer separate kids by ability.
Why?
To address “inequity.”
September 24th, 2026 at 01:05
My sister worked as a high school teacher and was assigned to teach math. She was young and full of ambition and determined to be “that teacher” that gets highlighted in movies. She tried to set up some extra stuff for the advanced kids, but the principal denied approval. Why? It might make some parents angry that their kids weren’t smart enough to join in. She tried to set up tutoring to help the slower kids, but that was also denied. Why? It might make some parents angry that their kid needed help. She set up a meeting with the principal to air out her ideas and find out what she could do to change things. She was told that the school expected her to arrive on time, make sure the kids didn’t kill anybody, leave on time, and never make the parents angry.
She figured out the truth: School boards don’t exist to educated children. They exist to distribute tax money to their political friends. The superintendent is hired to keep angry parents from showing up to board meetings and interfering with their business. Principals are hired to make sure teachers don’t create angry parents.
She quit, went into sales for a large business machine company, received many bonuses and accolades, and pretty much lived happily ever after. She tried sending her kids to public schools, but ended up having to send them to private schools because the public schools were making them stupid. Also the public school wanted to put one of her kids on Ritilin. Her kids all graduated from college with honors – and no Ritilin.
September 24th, 2026 at 10:29
Never send your kid to a government school. That way lies ignorance.