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Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Highlight

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American public schooling to this point was focused on educating up to a common standard, and these experts worried that potential was going undiscovered. Terman’s metaphor is revealing: “The use we have made of exceptional ability reminds one of the primitive methods of surface mining. It is necessary to explore the nation’s hidden resources of intelligence.”

— Malcolm Harris

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