&gt; I favor an approach where we separate kids who&#x27;ve shown some aptitude for the sciences and concentrate them in schools full of their peers.<p>They tried that on us (&quot;gifted schools&quot;). The two things it got us were hours less sleep each day because of the longer commute, and worse college admissions because of GPA deflation. I would&#x27;ve rather stayed in the normal pipeline and gotten scholarships instead.