BECAUSE BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS CANNOT PASS A TEST TO GET INTO A GIFTED STUDENTS PROGRAM, THE PROGRAM IS RACIST

De Blasio cancels gifted and talented schools program in NYC because it 'discriminates against black and Hispanic students' - but parents AND teachers say it will halt smart kids' learning and leave others 'behind'

 

Daily Mail 

October 8, 2021

Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has axed the city's gifted and talented schools program because he says it discriminates against black and Hispanic kids

 

Announcing the decision on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio - who is in the final months of his term - said: 'The era of judging 4-year-old's based on a single test is over'. 

Critics of the program said it was racist because most of the gifted schools were filled up with white and Asian American students. 

But parents and teachers say ending them will create more problems for students; the gifted kids will be bored and slowed down in classrooms of mixed ability, and those who need more attention will be 'left behind', they said. 

Students were accepted to the special TAG schools after passing a standardized test at the age of four.  

In some parts of the city that are predominantly black and Hispanic, fewer kids were passing the tests so the schools closed. Now, all kids will be put into same-level classrooms but gifted kids will be given different work.