NYC Department of Education Wins the "Who Are You Kidding Award" After Losing Gifted and Talented Entry Exams ![]() Once admitted to the elementary school program - based on performance on a pair of aptitude tests administered before kindergarten - students may stay through middle school. Incoming kids will have to reapply based on their fourth grade ELA and math scores.ĭistrict 26 - and 30, in northwest Queens - are the only two in the city that guarantee students the highly-sought seats. The Department of Education - under new Chancellor Carmen Fariña, agreed to grandfather current gifted students into the middle school program. The stunning reversal came after parents raised the war cry. The city backed off a hotly contested plan on Tuesday to force elementary students in the gifted and talented program in District 26 to reapply for the coveted middle school seats. PARENTS OF THE G&T STUDENTS IN NORTHEAST QUEENS HAD RAISED AN OUTCRY AFTER THE CITY ATTEMPTED TO BASE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS ON ELA AND MATH TEST SCORES New York City to Expand Gifted and Talented Program but Scrap TestĬity agrees to grandfather District 26 gifted and talented students into middle school She wanted all kids to learn in the classroom, so the kids that scored 1 or 2 on tests should be brought to a high 2 or even a three, and kids that scored a 3, or 4 could be brought to a low 3 or high 2, and then the young teachers without tenure who were hired to replace the tenured teachers with high salaries could succeed in teaching the Whole Language and TERC math curricula.often cited in articles and websites as part of the "dumbing down of America". ![]() When Carmen Farina was Principal of PS 6, she destroyed the G&T program because she thought that G&T led to favoritism. NYC's "woke" majority hate white rich kids. ![]() The Department is against gifted and talented programs because the underlying belief is that only white rich kids can get study help and get high scores on G&T Standardized tests. New York City's far left "wokeness" rams a dagger straight into the heart of parents of children who are Gifted and Talented, Twice Exceptional ("2e), or in need of special resources.
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