NYC to phase out Gifted and Talented program
By Selim Algar,
Lee Brown and
Carl Campanile
October 8, 2021 8:34am Updated
Mayor Bill de Blasio is phasing out New York City’s Gifted and Talented program, he announced Friday — bowing to critics who complain that the coveted model is racist.
Current students in the program will be able to stay in accelerated-learning classes to completion. But new cohorts will be completely eliminated by fall 2022, ending the current testing for 4-year-old city kids.
“The era of judging four-year-olds based on a single test is over,” de Blasio said Friday.
It is being replaced by Brilliant NYC, a program offering students aged 8 and up chances for accelerated learning — while staying in their regular classrooms with other pupils.
De Blasio announced the major overhaul despite being in the final months of his term in office.
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