Mamdani picks educator who worked to dismantle Gifted & Talented program as NYC schools chancellor

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani expected to name longtime NYC educator Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor, overseeing nation's ...
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Mamdani wants to rethink gifted and talented in NYC. The program has already seen big shifts.

Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. Mayoral frontrunner Zohran ...
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Woman In The Gifted Program As A Child Explains That The True Purpose Was Not To Help Smart Kids Do Better

Gifted programs in schools have long been a topic of debate and discussion among parents, teachers, students, and school administrators. A plethora of studies and statistics have time and time again ...
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I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.

I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade ...
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Misinformation spreads regarding West Ada's Gifted and Talented program

Misinformation within West Ada School District has created a “firestorm” over the past month surrounding the district’s Gifted and Talented program, according to program coordinator Jenny Mundy-Castle ...
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NYC will phase out controversial gifted and talented program

On Friday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city’s public elementary school system would be gradually phasing out its gifted and talented program over the next few years. The ...
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I Was Enrolled In A "Gifted" Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.

I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade ...
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I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.

"In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes. Alena Shafieva via Getty Images I don’t remember precisely when I first ...