Mayor Eric Adams injected a fresh dose of common sense into the city’s civic landscape by announcing the restoration of Gifted & Talented programs in public schools. Unfortunately, his plan has two deep flaws.
New York educrats are still smarting after they failed to sway Adams to adopt the same thinking that they got former Mayor Bill de Blasio to use to kill G&T — that is, to “improve” student performance and promote “equity,” you must dumb down standards and limit opportunities for faster kids. Instead, Adams won considerable praise from parents for expanding the program.
His heart is clearly in the right place, but the details of his vision are off, as state Sen. John Liu (D-Queens) has insightfully suggested in recent press interviews.
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Wai Wah Chin is the founding president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York.
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