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It's very frustrating trying to get good information about education. My kid is going into kindergarten this fall, and... its very hard to understand what is a good district and what's not. There's a thousand metrics, most seem to be... gamed to not get the administration fired for not following the current fad. I've resorted to using "average SAT score" as a proxy.

My kid might (or might not) be gifted; but he has highly educated parents; he's being exposed to concepts that might not be aligned with average educated parents. He's bright enough. I'm concerned that there won't be adequate content for him in the school district due to some concern that smart people demonstrate inequality or something.

I periodically wonder if https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron is taken as some kind of blueprint, to be honest.




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