Yeah. I get that modern education seems to have equality as a centerpiece, but the elephant in the room is that yes, some children are brighter than others. Mak

Yeah. I get that modern education seems to have equality as a centerpiece, but the elephant in the room is that yes, some children are brighter than others. Making entire classes wait until everyone reaches a milestone before moving on, is dragging down the quickest learners to the level of the slowest. When they say "gap between the brightest and the less able has already begun widening", I think they're just starting to see again the gap that has always been there but was 'closed' at the expense of the smart kids. And it is at their expense, I've seen very bright students lose interest or turn to mischief because classes were not sufficiently stimulating for them. The smartest kid from my high school class was constantly getting in trouble and was almost expelled because he was perpetually bored.