The Democrat who will likely become New York City’s next mayor says he does not intend to get rid of the city’s program for gifted and talented students.
Democrat candidate for New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, poses for photos with IHS Towers Chairman & CEO Sam Darwish outside the New York Stock Exchange, before the company's IPO, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.
In response, the city's department of education noted that Adams' plans to expand accelerated learning in schools matches the goals of de Blasio's plan to replace the gifted and talented program. De Blasio said the district, with about 1 million students, would next year stop administering a screening test to 4-year-olds that's used to identify gifted and talented students. Instead, he said the public school system would work to offer accelerated learning to all kindergarteners, in which students use more advanced skills such as robotics, computer coding, community organizing or advocacy on projects while staying in their regular classrooms.
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