NYC Mayoral Candidate Proposes Phasing Out Gifted and Talented Programs Over Segregation Concerns
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Summary
The article discusses New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdami's plan to phase out gifted and talented (G&T) programs, starting with kindergarten, due to concerns about racial segregation. The programs have a student demographic that is 70% white or Asian, which doesn't reflect the city's overall diversity. School integration advocates argue these programs exacerbate segregation in the public school system.
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· 4 pulledMayoral candidate, and likely next mayor, Zohran Mamdami has announced plans to phase out New York City's gifted and talented (G&T) programs, starting with kindergarten.
This fits a long-running opposition to G&T on the grounds that its student makeup doesn't reflect the city's overall demographics.
School integration advocates say these gifted programs really exacerbate segregation in the school system and New York City's public schools are notoriously segregated.
In G&T, 70% of students in the gifted classes are white or Asian, even though...
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