@jayKayEss ("Justin Kerr Sheckler") wrote:
So I was in Gifted as a kid (in PA, not NYC) and while it was a lot of fun it hurt my grades because I got to skip other classes, and honestly it wasn't clear to me that we were doing anything there that any other kid wouldn't have benefitted from.
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@elizashapiro ("Eliza Shapiro") wrote:
BREAKING: NYC to eliminate gifted + talented classes over the next 5 yrs, major change and likely BdB's last big decision as mayor. Kids now enrolled in gifted programs will stay in them, but there will be no more separate gifted classes for incoming kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/nyregion/gifted-talented-nyc-schools.html