> The panel wrote that “high-achievement students deserve to be challenged,” but in different ways. One could argue that bad public schools with bad teachers a

> The panel wrote that “high-achievement students deserve to be challenged,” but in different ways. One could argue that bad public schools with bad teachers and less capable colleagues are a challenge of sorts. My takeaway for stories like this is that "progressive" ideas continue to inch closer and closer to the dystopia of Harrison Bergeron. It's a shame that this line ended up at the very end of the article (which most people won't reach): > Still, the report said, a system that relies heavily on sorting students according to academic ability “is not equitable, even if it is effective for some.” Handicapping people for the sake of equity. What could possibly go wrong...