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California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones

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412 points tafda | 2 comments | 26 Nov 24 16:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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rcpt ◴[26 Nov 24 17:18 UTC] No.42247615[source]▶
It's not because of BLM. It's because of Prop 13.
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jedberg ◴[26 Nov 24 17:35 UTC] No.42247807[source]▶
It could be both. Prop 13 is definitely a huge problem, it cut school funding significantly since the 80s.

But also the focus on equality of outcome instead of equality of opportunity.

I read a good book a while back that pointed out how much more we spend on special ed, which is aimed at the bottom 5%, compared to what we spend on gifted education, which is the top 5%. It asked why we would spend so much on one and not the other, especially since the ROI is so much higher for the top 5%. (It obviously skipped the whole "making our society better and helping those in need" argument since it hurt their argument).

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1. panzagl ◴[26 Nov 24 22:18 UTC] No.42250704[source]▶
Special ed is expensive because it's things like 'this student needs a full time aid'. The only way to decrease it is to basically abandon those children.
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2. jedberg ◴[26 Nov 24 22:49 UTC] No.42250983[source]▶
Or agree that the top 5% should get the same resources and give each one a private tutor at the same cost.