[bluGill]

You are missing the other half of the problem: what about the non-gifted. The majority of kids are average: they didn't get whatever it is that makes some people above average. They need the slower pace of school to learn, otherwise they won't learn.

The right thing for an average student is not the same as what is right for either the gifted, or the "retarded" (I forget what the correct term is.

[Spoom]

Generally I've heard the term "remedial" used.

[malynda]

Do you mean handicapable?