There's actually a real issue being addressed: "Gifted" programs have a very heavy bias in favor of wealthy+privileged kids, which because of continuing inequality is essentially the same as saying "give additional support and resources to already privileged group".
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I also recall (but cannot find) a study that showed that being "gifted" does not correlate significantly to long term "success" (presumably a wealthy white definition of success, but the point stands). If that study isn't imaginary it provides support for dropping the programs.
Gifted programs in NYC used to be diverse when they were created in the early 90s, then future mayors gutted pipelines feeding them, preferring to push private SHSAT cram programs. That's the root cause of the disparity.
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maybe, but I'd want to see the actual in/out stats - it's equally possible that there was a lag between funding being diverted to gifted student programs and people pushing to get their kids in them.
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These proposals ignore what real constituents want, too. de Blasio gave up on a system that worked. It's typical, cut a government program by intentionally setting it up to fail. This story is about the corrosive effect of privatized test prep classes that only few can afford.pic.twitter.com/1MxSG68PMs
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In an ideal world, students would get education that best serves their interests and abilities. Limiting access to more individualized instruction and dumping everyone into a one-size-fits-all education is not progress.
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In practice, parents treat having a gifted student as a status symbol and put enourmous preassure on their kids to qualify for those programs. Many kids subsequently burn out. Where's the evidence that such programs produce better overall outcomes?
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G&T existed decades before the 90’s, all over the City. Numbers went down as prep programs went up. Coincidence.
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The G&T program in highly minority schools were gutted by Bloomberg/Klein. Klein argued "many kids do not belong in these programs". He then switched the "School or locally normed admissions criteria" to a nationally normed admissions requiring 90 percentile or above.
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