New York’s School Desegregation Plan Raises Concern Of Identity Politics

[rangerrebew]

 
New York’s School Desegregation Plan Raises Concern Of Identity Politics
By Penny Zhou
September 2, 2019 Updated: September 2, 2019

What is the solution to the achievement gap in public schools? A school diversity panel in New York City has come up with an answer: eliminate screenings in schools. But the plan aiming to address racial inequality is facing backlash from some, who say targeting high-performing schools is not addressing the root problem.

The report (pdf), released on August 27 by NYC School Diversity Advisory Group, suggests the City get rid of academic screening in elementary, middle and high schools, saying that selective schools have disproportionately more White and Asian students.

One tracking program that the panel calls to eliminate is The Gifted and Talented program (G&T), which admits kindergarteners through a test.

According to the report, the G&T platform emerged last century as “a competition-driven response to the threat of a highly educated Soviet population.”

https://m.theepochtimes.com/new-yorks-school-desegregation-plan-raises-concern-of-identity-politics_3065343.html

[rangerrebew]

Wait a minute!  NY needs to "desegregate" and neither Al Sharptongue nor J$ss$$ J$cks$n has raised holy hell about it before?  There is the smell of a huge turd in there somewhere.