This is an end of an era... De Blasio to Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted and Talented Program The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students. It will be up to his successor to implement it. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday unveiled a plan to overhaul gifted and talented education in New York City elementary schools, calling for sweeping changes to a highly selective program that has been widely criticized for exacerbating segregation in the nation’s largest school system. Under Mr. de Blasio’s plan — released when he has just three months left in office — elementary school students who are currently enrolled in gifted classes would become the final cohort in the existing program. Why would they break something that wasn't broken? The mayor’s action attempts to address what the city has known for decades: Its gifted and talented program has contributed to racially segregated classrooms and schools for thousands of students citywide. Although not a New Yorker, I'm aware of the Gifted and Talented program which, thanks to neutral exams, picked out high performing kids from all income groups and gave them a chance to excel. I think that will become a thing of the past.
There may be a happy ending to this story... Adams Commits, With Few Details, to Keeping Gifted Program in Schools Eric Adams said on Friday that he would keep New York City’s elementary school gifted and talented program if, as expected, he wins the general election for mayor next month — a clear rebuke to Mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently announced plans to eliminate the program.
De Blasio has been a disaster for the city. I love NYC but, man they have some gawd awful politics there.
It takes a black man to keep around common-sense programs that benefit his community, this is just wreckage caused by "white shame" DeBlasio. He really was a bad mayor and I'm just glad I didn't live in NYC under his watch.
