Protesters at City Hall hold up signs that oppose Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to phase out the Gifted and Talented public school program in New York on October 14, 2021. AP.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is phasing out New York City’s Gifted and Talented program, he announced Friday — bowing to critics who assert that the coveted model is racist. Current students in the ...

The War on Gifted-and-Talented Programs New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks after greeting students for the first day of in-person pre-school following the coronavirus outbreak in Queens, N ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admissi… ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio is phasing out New York City’s Gifted and Talented program, he announced Friday — bowing to critics who complain that the coveted model is racist.

Across the country, educators, politicians and activists are debating the value and fairness of gifted and talented education programs, which were created to support K-12 students with advanced… ...

Across the country, educators, politicians and activists are debating the value and fairness of gifted and talented education programs, which were created to support K-12 students with advanced ...

But the Gifted and Talented program — which has long served as a lightning rod for contentious debates around race, class and segregation in city schools — also has staunch defenders.