"It's all right to aim for mediocrity"

[essentialsaltes]

Struggling with shrinking revenues and new federal mandates that focus on improving the test scores of the lowest-achieving pupils, Mountain Grove and many other school districts across the country have turned to cutting programs for their most promising students.

Time to read Harrison Bergeron again.

Comments

[dustchick.livejournal.com]

Sounds like what happened under Proposition 13. I remember my elementary school lost its gifted program when I was in 2nd grade, and I doubt it has ever been re-implemented.

[colleenky.livejournal.com]

Some of my colleagues (school choral directors) are getting pink slips this year. Between the state budget crunch and NCLB, school music programs are once again being cut from the curriculum.