Of course, he wants to do this. If you acknowledge that some kids are gifted, then everyone is not equal.
News Nation reports:
Zohran Mamdani seeks to scrap gifted programs in NYC schoolsMayor Zohran Mamdani wants to scale back gifted programs in New York City’s public schools over racial inequities, a concerning move for some education experts.Maud Maron, co-founder of the nonprofit Place NYC, told NewsNation’s “On Balance” the programs should be expanded, not cut.“The gifted and talented program has been so wildly successful because it represents the kind of high-quality education that parents want. We should expand it. We should keep it, and we should expand it, not get rid of it,” Maron said.Maron ran as a Republican in last year’s race for Manhattan district attorney against Democratic incumbent Alvin Bragg.Mamdani has said he would remove testing for gifted-and-talented programs in kindergarten, as Bill de Blasio tried to do when he was mayor, in an effort to eliminate racial disparities.Supporters of the proposal say eliminating gifted programs will reduce racial inequities in the classroom, while critics say it would do more harm than good.
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