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I actually called this awhile ago, when this was brought up in the forum. Researchers at grad schools across the country (the people who train teachers, principals, education officials, etc) had been pushing to eliminate tracking.
Tracking is basically segregating students by test scoring performance and putting some student on college tracks and others on non college track.
De Blasio’s MA is in public policy, he’ll strong listen to these people. I too think specialized and gifted programs should be eliminated in public education. Parents are always free to pay for additional things out of pocket.
So what you're proposing is that instead of addressing the core issues that are negatively impacting black and brown kids that perform poorly academically, you want to remove all standards.... Great... P.S. Plenty of black and brown kids also benefit from these same programs. The focus should be on providing more tutoring to bridge to gap and other academic support, something that the City was providing years ago and then cut. Asian and white kids can get tutoring if they are having issues academically (plenty of them do) but their parents will hire a private tutor to address the problem. Private tutoring is expensive and considered a luxury for some parents, while others will spend it to ensure that their kids progress accordingly.
Problem is there aren't any K-2 or 3-5 schools anywhere. You can't just scramble up classes in the middle of the school path
Actually, there are a few. PS112 is K-2, PS206 is 3-5, MS206 is 6-9. However, none of those is g&t. My daughter got a perfect score on g&t test a few years ago. Even though, I still think g&t test at age 4 is too early.
No need for arts/language/music/sports then either
If you want any of that stuff, go pay for it
Maybe we should be like the Amish and get rid of high school too
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Asian and white kids can get tutoring if they are having issues academically (plenty of them do) but their parents will hire a private tutor to address the problem. Private tutoring is expensive and considered a luxury for some parents, while others will spend it to ensure that their kids progress accordingly.
