Educating the smart kids: why bother? -- How is the United States doing? -- How disagreement holds us back -- How the system slows us down -- Will differentiation move us forward? -- How do other countries educate smart kids? -- Japan: early neglect, later intensity -- Singapore: enough of a good thing? -- Korea: too much pressure? -- Taiwan: do as we say, not as we do -- Finland: not quite as advertised -- Germany: differentiating without differences -- Hungary: much talk, less action -- Switzerland: decentralized to excess? -- England: sifting through the policy rubble -- Ontario: how "special" if "gifted"? -- Western Australia: in for the long haul -- What have we learned? -- Moves America should make.