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I won't respond to the first point. If you're seriously asking "who cares" about income inequality then I don't think discourse will be productive. In any case

• justin_vanw 10y ago
  Ok, I will bet that you don't even believe that there are intelligence differences between people, right? Every person is equally capable and it all comes down to whether you give them enough opportunities and resources? EDIT: I'm saying 'who cares' in the context of deciding whether to set up a gifted magnet school or not. You shouldn't decide what is good for a child based on your pet theories about who should or should not have a yacht.
• xiaoma 10y ago
  What is there in your main point that needs "refuting"? Putting ordinary students in schools optimized for the gifted is no better than demolishing schools for special needs students and sending the children to regular schools regardless of the consequences. In what way would it possibly benefit a typical student to be placed in a school where they can't keep up? How would it feel for that child to be in an environment where it's normal for their peers to take college courses before reaching high school age? In my experience, it's extremely demotivating and leads to a lot of pain for the child, no matter how wealthy his or her parents may be. As justin_vanw pointed out (in an undeservedly flagged sibling post), it seems an awful lot like you deny the existence of gifted children to begin with.