Gifted programs are exclusionary!

[BIGOSUFAN]

"A diversity panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for New York City to stop using academic criteria to screen applicants for admission to public middle schools, and to phase out elementary gifted-and-talented programs that now require a test. Mr. de Blasio has promised to make New York the fairest big city in America...... The panel wants to eliminate “exclusionary admissions practices,” such as using grades, test scores and auditions, for middle schools....... Some parents say the chancellor is so focused on integration that he has been distracted from core functions of improving instruction in basic skills like reading and math.... "


https://www.wsj.com/articles/mayors...rk-city-schools-11566863093?mod=hp_listb_pos1

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Another step in making America dumber by the day. Led by Leftists, what a surprise.

 

[aix_xpert]

What's sad is that this actually punishes the poor and middle classes that are trying the most to advance themselves. The wealthy (like de Blasio) are sending their kids to private schools which aren't subject to this.