17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanoparticle
I read a disturbing stat in the WSJ on Saturday - it pointed out that 20% of school's resources are geared towards learning disabled, developmentally challenged students and "low achieving students", while <i>only 0.5% is devoted to talented and gifted students</i>.  The article blames this on the increasing costs of adhering to all the national and state laws regarding disabled children, while another argument could be made that schools are more concerned about obtaining minimum scores on standardized tests to receive funding.<p>It may seem completely insensitive to argue against helping disabled students, but it seems to be happening at the expense of the gifted students.  When you read articles like this one, you realize that the people who move society forward in leaps and bounds, the ones who create great businesses, create new products, discover new medicines are predominantly the talented and gifted ones.<p>If we as a nation are making a decision to cut funding to these gifted students, are we at the same time making a decision that jeopardizes the advancement of our society as a whole.?