Zohran Mamdani confirmed his mayoralty will be a disaster for New York\u2019s students by picking a schools chancellor who is sure to prioritize toxic \u201cequity\u201d over educating kids.<\/p>\n
The mayor tapped Kamar Samuels<\/a> \u2014 who has used his six years as superintendent of Manhattan\u2019s District 3 to erode Gifted & Talented programs, supposedly replacing them with International Baccalaureate curriculum.<\/p>\n He pretends this is about excellence, saying that IB aligns with his \u201cphilosophy\u201d of \u201caccess to high-quality educational experiences\u201d for all students.<\/p>\n Rubbish: IB can be rigorous (no bets that it will be under NYC\u2019s failure-friendly Department of Education), but it\u2019s heavily geared toward high school students and so plainly no kind of replacement for Gifted & Talented programs in much earlier grades, including ones that start screening as early as kindergarten.<\/p>\n Identifying which kids are advancing faster than their peers is a boon to all students \u2014 it means everyone has the chance to learn at a pace that serves them.<\/p>\n That\u2019s exactly what G&T programs are for; but DEI-obsessed educrats and activists insist that the screenings and tests for admission are somehow biased against minorities, despite one of New York\u2019s top courts slapping down that claim<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Getting rid of Gifted & Talented isn\u2019t about bettering education at all; it\u2019s just a way to placate the anti-merit crusaders who claim that the programs are racist because acceptance is based on a student\u2019s abilities, not skin color.<\/p>\n Samuels will plainly move on Mamdani\u2019s plan to phase out G&T in elementary schools<\/a> entirely, no matter how much that damages educational opportunity for the kids who thrive in those programs.<\/p>\n