Intelligence is all relative, and there are many different kinds of it. When you say reach out to the brightest kids in the community what are you saying? Because optimally, we want the brightest kids, but we also want students that represent a diverse array of brightness and the best way to ensure that is to simply have a diverse array of students. That implies students from different demographics, students of a variety of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
We must learn to value differences. Especially being a lab school, we need to be at the forefront of creative learning, as in learning that takes place out of the classroom. Exposure to new people with varying experiences is a great way to become worldlier and just generally smarter. What is the point of bringing together 60 really smart kids if they don't have anything to teach eachother?
Measuring intelligence
Intelligence is all relative, and there are many different kinds of it. When you say reach out to the brightest kids in the community what are you saying? Because optimally, we want the brightest kids, but we also want students that represent a diverse array of brightness and the best way to ensure that is to simply have a diverse array of students. That implies students from different demographics, students of a variety of races, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
We must learn to value differences. Especially being a lab school, we need to be at the forefront of creative learning, as in learning that takes place out of the classroom. Exposure to new people with varying experiences is a great way to become worldlier and just generally smarter. What is the point of bringing together 60 really smart kids if they don't have anything to teach eachother?