On: California's most neglected group of students: the...

[Animats]

Exactly. Which is why it is a problem.

In the 1950s, gifted education was pushed hard, because the US seemed to be losing against Russia. Sputnik was a big wake-up call for the US.

Today, the US seems to be losing against China. Maybe it's time for a wake-up call again.

[PessimalDecimal → Animats]

The US is a _very_ different country now from how it was in the 1950s. Things that were possible then may not be possible now.

[thrance → Animats]

In the 50s minorities and women were refused accessed to higher education. How many gifted kids were left on the sidewalk back then? Also not to speak of the disastrous understanding (or lack thereof) of neurodiversity.