There is no problem in education. Our only problem is that we keep lying to ourselves about it. Not all children are equally gifted. Not all _groups_ of children are equally gifted. The only reason we have such a hard time tackling with contemporary social problems is that their real solutions are at odds with political correctness.

The challenging task isn't coming up with solutions that will help, but finding solutions that will both help and not violate certain taboos.

Never in all of history has society ever benefited from lying to itself.