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[quote=Anonymous]So your solution if to put my child reading at grade 6 level in a class with an English class with a child who can barely read for the public good? Then the world will end up with 2 low-performing children instead of one.

This world needs scientists and engineers to solve its many problems. Abusing smart children by boring them to tears in school instead of nurturing their talents is a loss for society as a whole.[/quote]

Boring[b] any[/b] child to tears instead of nurturing his/her talents is a loss to our society.  We also need writers, artists, mechanics, etc.  The multi-aged, multi-talented classes work if teachers optimally challenge all learners, which is not difficult to do.  What kind of classrooms do you think spawned our Founding Fathers and writers, such as Laura Ingalls Wilder?

I just wanted to add, however, that the consequences of NCLB have contributed to these problems.  When we narrow the curriculum and focus on testing rather than talent development, we all lose as a society.  [/quote]

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