Let me preface this piece with some background. I myself have been on both sides of the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program since elementary school. I was admitted in fifth grade, but prior to that I was repeatedly tested since f...

Like most people, I am outraged by the recent “Varsity Blues” scandal in which wealthy parents were caught bribing their children into top colleges, falsifying test scores and allowing their children to have extensive, unn...