Education

Public schools are a nightmare for gifted kids

I was surprised to find this article in the far-left French "Liberation" as they generally refuse to even admit that IQ differences are real and matter. It's no longer published, but it's still in the Internet...See more

"When everyone is special, no one is" 😅

When I got my maturity (the Swiss high school diploma) in 1982, only 15% of the Swiss population did and only 9% went on to study at a university. Those who did never had a problem getting a job. When they simplified the maturity to increase the number of recipients to 29%, youth unemployment increased immediately. It's still very low (2.5 to 3.5%) when compared to the EU, but in 1989 - before Switzerland started adapting to the EU - total unemployment was 0.9% and unemployment among young people was virtually zero. Image from @thepholosopher

Governor Brian Kemp announced Georgia opted in to Trump's new school choice program. Program is now at 16 states.

• NE (R) • TN (R) • SD (R) • CO (D) • TX (R) • LA (R) • IA (R) • VA (R) • MO (R) • AR (R) • AL (R) • AK (R) • ID (R) • SC (R) • MS (R) • GA (R)

I did read a lot, to my daughter... and to all those who did not? F* you, you are lousy parents!

The Washington Post were attacking Mamdani over his stance on DEI in education 🤔

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/03/mamdani-gifted-program-new-york-education/ Without paywall: https://archive.ph/GgFIE#selection-237.0-237.50