Ending New York’s Gifted Programs Would Hurt Students

Ending New York’s Gifted Programs Would Hurt Students

Zohran Mamdani’s proposed phaseout would trade excellence for ideology and penalize high-potential kids.

Mamdani Wants to Axe New York's Gifted and Talented Schools

Mamdani plans to eliminate NYC's Gifted and Talented programs, claiming they are racist.

Zohran Mamdani Gets Called Out Over Plans to End Programs for Gifted Students in NYC – This is DEI in Practice

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist (communist) who is likely to become the next mayor of New York City, wants to

Mamdani is right to scrap NYC’s gifted program

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NYT Trashes City’s Elementary Gifted Program As ‘Symbol of Segregation’–Mamdani Calls to Phase It Out

By: Jessica Schwalb Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D.) plans to eliminate the gifted and talented program—which the New York Times calls “a symbol of segregation”—for younger grades in public schools. In response to a Times questionnaire, Mamdani said the gifted program wouldn’t be offered for kindergartners next fall if he wins the mayor’s race, allowing it to be phased out of first and second grades in subsequent yea…