[Nano2rad]

Putting gifted students into separate class or being allowed to skip grade is not a good idea. The children should study with others of the same age at least up to 18 years. There should not be skipping grade and no failing grade as in the past. The thinking of children changes rapidly from year to year until they are 18. A lot of what we study is understanding how we interact with our fellow human beings. This is affected when skipping grade. It will be difficult to interact with fellow students not your age.

[fred_is_fred]

Skipping a grade versus giving gifted students work that challenges them are wholly different things that you have conflated. We cannot and should not let kids sit in class and be bored because the work is too easy. What you are describing is a least common denominator education system, which I think we are already in enough to some extent.

[shpongled]

I disagree. I had to take a couple non-gifted/advanced classes in high school and I was so unbelievably bored and unstimulated. You get through so little material because you have to waste time with people asking questions, etc.