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    Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

    BREAKING: NYC to eliminate gifted + talented classes over the next 5 yrs, major change and likely BdB's last big decision as mayor. Kids now enrolled in gifted programs will stay in them, but there will be no more separate gifted classes for incoming kidshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/nyregion/gifted-talented-nyc-schools.html …

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      2. Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

        How'd we get here? BdB kept an admissions exam in place for 4-year-olds that no expert supported for most of his term - and now he's getting rid of gifted! This was an 8-year push by his 3 chancellors - but only Meisha Porter was able to convince him.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/nyregion/gifted-talented-nyc-schools.html …

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      3. Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

        What happens next? A lot of details aren't worked out, which means Eric Adams will be responsible for making the plan work. He has the power to change it significantly, though it'll be tricky in the first months of his mayoralty.

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      4. Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

        What are the pitfalls? City is planning accelerated education for all - ID'ing kids who excel at one subject and accommodating them within their normal classrooms or schools instead of separating them. That's a lofty goal, but REALLY hard to pull off. Some experts are skeptical

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      5. Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

        There's so much more to read about gifted + talented in NYC! I'd start here, because BdB for years ignored this recommendation from a task force he himself created and then...announced a very similar plan today!https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/nyregion/gifted-programs-nyc-desegregation.html …

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      6. Eliza Shapiro‏Verified account @elizashapiro 8 Oct 2021

        If you have strong views on this, and I suspect you do, please read this rundown of what experts across the spectrum think the mayor should have done. It's worth getting a little wonky about this subjecthttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/nyregion/nyc-schools-gifted-education.html …

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      2. Patrick Sprinkle‏ @psprinkle 8 Oct 2021
        Replying to @elizashapiro

        Weird that they are removing gifted programs, but trying to expand Advanced Placement programs everywhere. Doesn't that send a mixed message?

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      3. sucks to your ASMR‏ @grnpointer 8 Oct 2021
        Replying to @psprinkle @elizashapiro

        You're not necessarily wrong but note that the push is called "AP for All," and the goal is to give all NYC students access to at least 5 AP courses. Both decisions are consistent, at least in theory, with the goal of increasing access.

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      2. Chuck Lustig‏ @ChuckLustig 8 Oct 2021
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        Controversial decision. But for many who have been separated from their peers due to a perceived lack of intelligence, a right one.

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      3. Think Tank  🚀‏ @thinktank311 8 Oct 2021
        Replying to @ChuckLustig @elizashapiro @J__Velasquez

        So the answer is to dumb down these kids in school so they can’t reach their potential? Unfortunately the reality is everyone is not an equal, especially when it comes to intelligence.

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      1. 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙚𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨‏ @BasedCorp 8 Oct 2021
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        Intelligence is just a construct amirite

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