A leaked training video for NYC public school teachers — who will be relied upon to recommend students as young as 4-years-old for the city's gifted and talented program — highlights the city's concern about implicit bias affecting the selection process.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A leaked training video for New York City public school teachers highlights the city's concern about implicit bias affecting the selection of gifted and talented students who are as young as 4.
“What does it mean to really see children, their assets and abilities?” the narrator asks. “What might get in the way of really seeing the whole child?”Department of Education The gifted and talented program offers accelerated learning for high-performing students. Policymakers have hoped it would retain families who might be looking to send their children outside the public school system.
Jean Hahn, a parent of a former gifted and talented student and a critic of Adams’ admissions changes, said the training video – which she tweeted last week – underscores how subjective and confusing the metrics for evaluating students has become. “It does not and really cannot address the root of the problem – that G&T programming in New York City separates and segregates our youngest students based on subjective labeling of ‘giftedness,’” Berg said.
“We are specifically continuing to work toward more fair and equitable ways to identify children from diverse cultural backgrounds to increase opportunity and access to G&T programs,” said Nicole Brownstein, an education department spokesperson, in a statement.Applying for the program involves less paperwork than prior years
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