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[quote=Anonymous]

The discussion on G&T in the Metropolitan NY forum was closed, so I'm copying my comment here.

I'm an NYC G&T parent. The kids could take the test at 4, but they could also take the test at 5, 6, 7. There are screened academic middle schools and high schools. It's nowhere near as rigid as it has been portrayed. Unfortunately people like Nikole Hannah-Jones promoted this false narrative that the kids can only take the test at 4 and it determines who gets a good education and who doesn't. That's not true. The extent to which she consistently pushes this false narrative is irresponsible and self-serving.

Also, as a G&T parent I can attest that my children and their peers are smart, even the ones who tested in at 4. It's incredible how many people think it's acceptable to make ignorant, condescending remarks about the kids.

Also, be aware that in NYC there are many other programs which separate students starting in K. Those are dual-language programs, standalone progressive education schools, and charter schools. There is a group of crazy far-left wackos (hence that other person's comments about all wokeness, all the time) who are fixated on G&T and it's just weird, especially when there are many other DOE or publicly-funded programs where kids are placed in separate classrooms or schools from K. I don't understand why these programs aren't a problem as well, if G&T is such a problem.[/quote]

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