[spoonjim]

I like the concept but perhaps not your approach. What I see is that American public schooling has become more focused on the bottom decile student than the top decile student, and also focused on “equity” metrics that don’t serve the needs of the top students. So what I’d like to see is a physical place where top students who can work 2+ grades ahead get together and challenge each other intellectually, but in a more affordable way than private school.

[amarkumar81]

I can definitely understand your concern. Often, focus on equity can manifest as lowering the ceiling for all students, rather than lowering the floor so more students can access 'the room.'

In our pods, we have space for accelerated learners who want zero constraints on their progress (i.e., just let me go as fast as I want!). We do our best to match them with learners who are equally paced (so they may work together to challenge each other) AND those who may not be as accelerated (so they may learn to work with a variety of student profiles).

To continue the analogy from before, we are all about expanding the room so all types of learners can succeed.