The Blair government has decided to do something about the fact that bright children don’t receive the education they can most benefit from in the government schooling system. Read about it here.

Undoubtedly, the egalitarian wing of the Labour Party will pitch a fit, even though it’s unlikely that the program will actually do much. Gifted education programs in the US are largely window-dressing. If you want education appropriate for a really sharp youngster, the first thing to do is to get out of government schools.