New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program

Re:New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program by chuckee on Friday October 08, 2021 @07:32PM (#28805404)

> 43% of NYC is white, but only 35% of spots taken by white kids.

The NYT deftly avoids mentioning this by stating it as

> Though about 70 percent of the roughly 1 million public school students in New York are Black and Latino, about 75 percent of the roughly 16,000 students in gifted elementary school classes are white or Asian American.

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Re:New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program by 908B64B197 on Friday October 08, 2021 @08:31PM (#28805832)

So they are robbing 4000 Black and Latino kids of the opportunity to participate in a program specifically tailored for overachievers like them?

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Re:New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program by stoned on Friday October 08, 2021 @08:36PM (#28805878)

What is an overachiever? How much should a person achieve?

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