One of the things that worries me about the current approaches to improving schools is that we focus so much on ensuring a minimum standard for all students to

One of the things that worries me about the current approaches to improving schools is that we focus so much on ensuring a minimum standard for all students to meet. I think for the future of the country, we should care much more about ensuring that exceptional students are allowed to excel. An exceptional student from a wealthy background will get the extra support they need, but we need a system where exceptional students from any background are able to reach their real potential. If something like personalized learning can be made to work, it really has a ton of potential to realize this vision. It's a major project to really get this right though. Not sure if Summit has the right approach, but this article doesn't talk at all about what they're actually doing. It would be nice to see some much more thoughtful criticism.