<p>I agree with Colorado Mom. It’s not typical for a kid, no matter how gifted, to have studied multivariable calc or linear algebra unless the kid happens to be in a magnet school or specialized prep school or has special access to a local university. Plenty of gifted kids enter college without post-calculus coursework.</p>
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<p>This sounds less like an argument for gifted education than one for accelerated teaching for all motivated students. That’s fine but it doesn’t substitute for a gifted program. For one thing, there are gifted kids whose abilities lie in a different direction. For another, there are kids who can and do reopen those doors, often without difficulty, once given the opportunity to do so in college.</p>