But it remained unknown whether the new — albeit temporary — admissions method resulted in more offers to Black and Latino children. The education department said they could not yet release racial and demographic information because many of these incoming students are not yet enrolled in city schools.
This year, parents and guardians nominated 11, rising kindergarteners. Families who received offers on Tuesday have until July 30 to accept. After this year, the city plans to collect feedback from families on what admissions should look like in the future.
But a new system could be up to Eric Adams, who is expected to win the general election for mayor after recently winning the Democratic primary. The next mayor will take office in January The dip may have resulted from fewer families being aware of the change or not knowing how to navigate the application process.
Also, for the first time since at least , when the city began keeping records related to gifted and talented, every program is filling its seats. The district, which includes well-heeled neighborhoods such as TriBeCa and the Upper East Side, continued that trend, with more than 1, applicants and more than offers.
After forcing Mayor Bill de Blasio to rethink gifted and talented admissions this year, the city decided to let parents nominate their children for spots.
Advocates for reforming the gifted and talented process still critiqued this revamped process, citing potential biases of the evaluators deciding who should be eligible for the lottery, as well as concerns about how under-resourced families would navigate the new process.
The classrooms are segregated in other ways. There are few students with disabilities or who are learning English as a new language in gifted classrooms. Under the new model, the city would train roughly 4, teachers and hire additional teachers already versed in accelerated learning to work in neighborhoods with historically little to no gifted programming, city officials said Friday. The new program, called Brilliant NYC, would start in the fall of and be phased into first and second grade the following years.
Third graders who have been screened for accelerated instruction in certain subjects would remain in general education classes, but might be pulled out for small group work or given additional assignments tackling real-world problems using robotics, coding, or community organizing. Keeping children in mixed classrooms would solve an issue currently seen in many schools with gifted programs, where classrooms within the same school building are racially segregated.
That could help catch up students who enter school behind their peers, and put those children on a more level playing field when it comes time to select students for differentiated programs. Worrell said that the shift would likely require more, well-qualified teachers in the classroom.
Curriculum is necessary but not sufficient. Doing away with separate classes is likely a hard sell for parents, especially in New York City. No other school system screens as much , with entire schools reserved for students based on their prior academic record. Some children know how to read entering kindergarten. Some know how to do their math. Even within the gifted program, she sees disparities in the level of performance expected.
City officials said they would hire seven borough-wide teams of experts to help guide schools. Changes have been politically explosive and slow-coming. After appointing a task force in to propose ways to better integrate New York City schools, which are among the most segregated in the country, de Blasio spent the last years of his tenure ignoring recommendations for sweeping reforms for gifted programs.
The programs are often seen as a way to keep middle class and white families in the public school system. Meanwhile, many Asian American families and other parents of color rely on them as a ticket to higher-performing schools that are often in short supply in their neighborhoods. Students in Gifted and Talented programs learn with-like minded peers, following an enriched curriculum designed for their needs, delivered by teachers with expert skills and knowledge.
Access is provided to universities, industry bodies and mentoring programs with opportunities to take part in national and international competitions. The selection process starts when students are in Year 5, testing in Year 6, with placement starting from Year 7.
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