Zohran Mamdani just escalated his war on excellence in NYC public schools

Bad news for Big Apple families: Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani says he’ll phase out gifted and talented programs in city schools; he’s doubling down on his vows to ensure New York’s kids don’t have the same educational opportunities his privileged background allowed him.

He says he’ll start by scrapping G&T classes in Kindergarten, but then move along in higher grades, following the plan Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined on his way out of office.

Eric Adams rightly reversed that, instead moving to expand G&T: Does Mamdani really have to crush every seed Adams planted?…

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