US EditionMamdani’s Plan to Ruin Public Education in New York
Mamdani aims to replace early gifted education with universal child care to reduce racial segregation, keeping the program for grades one to five, officials said.
- On Thursday, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he plans to phase out Gifted and Talented classes for children five years and younger, his campaign confirmed to amNewYork.
- Zohran Mamdani said he was motivated by concerns that the Gifted and Talented program has exacerbated segregation, and he would follow former Mayor Bill de Blasio's shortly announced desegregation efforts.
- Funding the childcare expansion, the plan calls for universal child care for ages six weeks to five years, paid by taxing corporations and millionaires with Albany's approval.
- Political opponents argued that Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa criticized Mamdani's pledge and urged expanding the Gifted and Talented program, contrasting Mayor Eric Adams's recent expansion after removing its admissions test.
- Mamdani first disclosed the plan in response to a New York Times questionnaire, noting he once advocated eliminating the specialized high school admissions test but now supports it, drawing critics' rebuke.
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Mamdani’s plan to ruin public education in New York
Zohran Mamdani appears to have a plan for leveling the playing fields in education. Faced with a huge number of students with comparably dismal scores in math, English, and science, Mamdani is going to bulldoze higher-achieving programs. It is a pledge that only Soviet central planner would relish. By eliminating gifted and talented program in…
Mamdani torched over 'destructive' plan to axe NYC gifted program for kindergartners
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faces criticism from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa over his plan to phase out New York City's Gifted & Talented program.
Zohran Mamdani Wants To End Gifted Programs For New York Early Graders
New York mayoral front-runner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani said he wants to end the city's gifted and talented program for kindergarten students in public schools, wading into a contentious issue weeks before the election.
New York Times Trashes City’s Elementary Gifted Program As ‘Symbol of Segregation’ As Mamdani Calls to Phase It Out
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.The post New York Times Trashes City’s Elementary Gifted Program As ‘Symbol of Segregation’ As Mamdani Calls to Phase It Out appeared first on .
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