De Blasio (finally) offers a plan to end the gifted & talented program

Friday October 8, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT [De Blasio Vows To Replace NYC Schools' Segregated Gifted & Talented Program]( [Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter sits and Mayor Bill de Blasio stands while observing a 3k teacher reading to students sitting on a rug]( [Students currently enrolled can complete the program.]( ADVERTISEMENT ICYMI: More Stories From Today [Photos from Comic Con 2021]( [Photos: The Best Cosplay From Comic Con 2021's Subdued Opening Day]( [The first COVID-era, reduced-capacity Comic Con will be at the Javits Center all weekend.]( [The exterior of Julia Richman Education Complex in Manhattan, featuring its windows and air conditioning units, on the Upper East Side.]( ["I'm Just Not Trained For This": Dept. Of Education Office Workers Sent To Understaffed NYC Schools]( ["I'm not certified to work with kids, I literally have no experience working with kids."]( [Photographs of people—bicyclists, runners, walkers, skateboarders—enjoying Summer Streets in Manhattan]( [Number of Cyclists Continues to Trend Up, Latest City Report Finds]( [The city tracked cyclists crossing DOT-owned bridges, the Manhattan, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Queensboro, and Pulaski bridges, as well as Prospect Park West and Kent Avenue bike lanes.]( [Photographs of food from Chikarashi isso]( [FiDi's Chikarashi Isso Reopens With Spectacular Japanese Comfort Food]( [After being closed for 18 months, a new chef and menu brings new life to the FiDi restaurant.]( [A photo of the clean looking reservoir before Ida, and another photo at the bottom showing a murky reservoir]( [Ida Forced 250,000 NJ Residents To Boil Water For 6 Weeks]( [Officials say clean-up efforts should wrap up next week.]( [Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (gold) within endosomes of a heavily infected nasal olfactory epithelial cell.]( [Coronavirus Statistics: Tracking The Epidemic In New York]( [These charts show the growth of COVID-19 in New York City and the tri-state area.]( [Mayor de Blasio at a school with small children]( [This Week's Ask The Mayor With Brian Lehrer: From Gifted And Talented To The DOI Report]( ["Every single school in our system has kids, everyone has kids that can benefit from accelerated learning," the mayor said.]( [A person walks past a public school building in New York City, October 1st, 2021.]( [Coronavirus Stats, Back to School Edition: Tracking Outbreaks In NYC Education]( [These charts show the status of COVID-19 in New York City schools.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.