Brooklyn’s District 16 urges mayor, chancellor to phase out the gifted program they once fought to create
“Brooklyn’s District 16 urges mayor, chancellor to phase out the gifted program they once fought to create” was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here.
Even as some parents and politicians mobilize to preserve gifted programs, the Community Education Council in Brooklyn’s District 16 passed a resolution Monday night calling on the mayor and chancellor to phase out those programs.
It’s a remarkable turn for a district that once fought for gifted classes in their schools, saying it was unfair that their historically black neighborhood didn’t have any.