SEATTLE’S SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEGUN DISMANTLING ITS GIFTED PROGRAMS

AS IF TO demonstrate why school choice matters, Seattle’s education system is purposefully dismantling a program to serve its gifted students at one of its schools—and completely ignoring parents’ wishes in the process.

In January, the Seattle School Board voted to partner with a nonprofit to improve the curriculum of Washington Middle School. Unfortunately, these changes are coming at the expense of the Highly Capable Cohort (HCC) program, an