Chancellor David Banks takes questions from the press after giving a speech at Tweed Courthouse, the education department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters, laying out his vision for New York City Schools. Christina Veiga / Chalkbeat
This article was originally published by Chalkbeat New York on May 24
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The sites of new gifted classrooms were announced Tuesday, part of an expansion pushed by Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks.
Officials are adding more than 1,000 seats, most of them as new programs that start in third grade. Until now, the most common entry point for “gifted” programs has been in kindergarten, a practice long criticized for testing and sorting 4-year-olds.
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The city’s gifted programs have come under fire for being segregated, with Black and Latino students starkly underrepresented. The classrooms also enroll few students who have disabilities, who are learning English as a new language, or are in temporary housing.
Gifted programs have long been seen as a way to keep white and more affluent families enrolled in public schools. In New York City, they have also been fiercely guarded by Asian families who see gifted programs as a ticket to higher performing schools. White and Asian students have historically made up about 70 percent of enrollment in gifted programs while only representing about a third of the school population citywide.
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio had proposed overhauling the programs, ending the current model where students labeled as “gifted” are served in their own, separate classrooms and schools — an approach that fewer than 10 percent of school districts across the country follow. But de Blasio announced the reforms at the end of his tenure, and they were never implemented.
Instead, Adams and Banks have doubled-down on the current model that keeps students in segregated classrooms, opting to add more seats.
The city is also changing how students are admitted, partly in an attempt to enroll a more representative group of students. Now, kindergarteners will be recommended for the program by their pre-K teachers. In third grade, admission will be offered to the top 10 percent of students based on their grades in core subjects.
Some parent leaders remain skeptical that the new approach will result in much change. Some of the city’s existing third-grade programs are currently under-enrolled, with families in those districts not wanting to send their children to a new school after second grade. Additionally, some families and educators worry about a potential domino effect the new programs may have on drawing students away from other schools that are already suffering from enrollment declines.
Here are the schools that will host a gifted program in the 2022-23 school year, according to information provided by the New York City education department. An asterisk indicates a program that is new.
Programs that start in kindergarten:
- 01M015 – P.S. 015 Roberto Clemente
- 01M110 – P.S. 110 Florence Nightingale
- 01M539 – New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math
- 02M011 – P.S. 011 William T. Harris
- 02M003 – P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep
- 02M077 – P.S. 77 Lower Lab School
- 02M111 – P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs
- 02M124 – P.S. 125 Yung Wing
- 02M130 – P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto
- 02M198 – P.S. 198 Isador E. Ida Straus
- 02M217 – P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island
- 03M165 – P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon
- 03M166 – P.S. 166 The Richard Rodgers School of The Arts and Technology
- 03M334 – The Anderson School
- 04M012 – Tag Young Scholars (city-wide)
- 04M102 – P.S. 102 Jacques Cartier
- 05M128 – P.S. 129 John H. Finley
- 05M175 – P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet*
- 06M153 – P.S. 153 Adam Clayton Powell
- 07X49 – P.S. 049 Willis Avenue*
- 08X072 – P.S. 072 Dr. William Dorney
- 09X199 – P.S. 199X – The Shakespeare School
- 10X007 – Milton Fein School
- 10X024 – P.S. 024 Spuyten Duyvil
- 11X121 – P.S. 121 Throop
- 11X153 – P.S. 153 Helen Keller
- 12X458 – Samara Community School*
- 13K056 – P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer
- 13K282 – P.S. 282 Park Slope
- 14K132 – P.S. 132 The Conselyea School
- 15K032 – P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole
- 15K038 – P.S. 038 The Pacific
- 16K081 – P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens*
- 16K243 – P.S. 243K- The Weeksville School*
- 17K316 – P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud
- 18K115 – P.S. 115 Daniel Mucatel School
- 19K149 – P.S. 149 Danny Kaye
- 20K102 – P.S. 102 The Bayview
- 20K104 – P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School
- 20K164 – P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney
- 20K200 – P.S. 200 Benson School
- 20K205 – P.S. 205 Clarion
- 20K229 – P.S. 229 Dyker
- 20K686 – Brooklyn School of Inquiry
- 21K095 – P.S. 095 The Gravesend
- 21K099 – P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov
- 21K215 – P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss
- 22K052 – P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay
- 22K193 – P.S. 193 Gil Hodges
- 22K195 – P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach
- 22K197 – P.S. 197 – The Kings Highway Academy
- 22K236 – P.S. 236 Mill Basin
- 23K137 – P.S./I.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell*
- 24Q119 – P.S./I.S. 119 The Glendale
- 24Q153 – P.S. 153 Maspeth Elem
- 24Q229 – P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan
- 24Q290 – A.C.E. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferra
- 25Q021 – P.S. 021 Edward Hart
- 25Q032 – P.S. 032 State Street
- 25Q079 – P.S. 079 Francis Lewis
- 25Q165 – P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum
- 25Q209 – P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens
- 26Q115 – The James J. Ambrose School
- 26Q133 – P.S. 133 Queens
- 26Q188 – P.S. 188 Kingsbury
- 26Q203 – P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens
- 27Q108 – P.S. 108 Captain Vincent G. Fowler
- 27Q042 – P.S./M.S. 042 R. Vernam*
- 28Q121 – P.S. 121 Queens
- 28Q174 – P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount
- 28Q220 – P.S. 220 Edward Mandel
- 29Q176 – P.S. 176 Cambria Heights
- 29Q118 – P.S. 118 Lorraine Hansberry*
- 30Q085 – P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone
- 30Q122 – P.S. 122 Mamie Fay
- 30Q150 – P.S. 150 Queens
- 30Q166 – P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein
- 30Q300 – The 30th Avenue School (G&T Citywide)
- 31R003 – P.S. 003 The Margaret Gioiosa School
- 31R008 – P.S. 8 Shirlee Solomon
- 31R042 – P.S. 042 Eltingville
- 31R045 – P.S. 045 John Tyler
- 31R050 – P.S. 050 Frank Hankinson
- 31R053 – The Barbara Esselborn School
- 32K376 – P.S. 376
Programs that start in third grade:
- 01M034 – District 1: P.S. 034 Franklin D. Roosevelt*
- 02M126 – P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis*
- 03M191 – The Riverside School for Makers and Artists
- 04M083 – P.S. 083 Luis Munoz Rivera*
- 05M161 – P.S. 161 Pedro Albizu Campo*
- 06M028 – P.S. 028 Wright Brothers*
- 07X043 – P.S. 043 Jonas Bronck*
- 07X359 – Concourse Village Elementary School
- 08X075 – P.S. 75 School of Research and Discovery*
- 09X204 – P.S. 204 Morris Heights
- 10X340 – P.S. 340*
- 11X106 – P.S. 106 Parkchester*
- 12X314 – Fairmont Neighborhood School*
- 12X214 – P.S. 214
- 13K287 – P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford*
- 14K084 – P.S. 084 Jose De Diego*
- 15K024 – P.S. 024*
- 16K021 – P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks*
- 17K289 – P.S. 289 George V. Brower*
- 17K241 – P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston*
- 18K235 – P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School*
- 19K065 – P.S. 065*
- 19K346 – P.S. 346 Abe Stark*
- 20K127 – P.S. 127 Mckinley Park*
- 21K188 – P.S. 188 Michael E. Berdy*
- 22K203 – P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School*
- 22K361 – P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School*
- 23K599 – Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School
- 23K446 – Riverdale Avenue Community School*
- 24Q088 – P.S. 088 Seneca*
- 24Q007 – P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone*
- 24Q087 – P.S./I.S. 087 Middle Village*
- 25Q024 – P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson*
- 26Q376 – P.S. 376*
- 27Q056 – P.S. 056 Harry Eichler*
- 27Q183 – P.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green*
- 28Q086 – P.S. Q086*
- 28Q140 – P.S. 140 Edward K Ellington*
- 29Q251 – P.S. 251 Queens
- 30Q092 – P.S. 092 Harry T. Stewart Sr.*
- 30Q151 – P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter*
- 30Q171 – P.S. 171 Peter G. Van Alst*
- 31R022 – P.S. 022 Graniteville*
- 32K274 – P.S. 274 Kosciusko*
Christina Veiga is a reporter covering New York City schools with a focus on school diversity and preschool. Contact Christina at cveiga@chalkbeat.org.
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10 Comments
Wow if this is segregation, then putting a cap or quota on the amount of Asian kids in certain colleges is de-segregation? Punishment for being academically inclined, while you have these public schools who graduate kids that can’t read above a third grade level or do simple math? How is this fair?
My kids are in the gifted and talented program. The majority of these parents are not rich, and most are a two family income but these parents actually care about their kids’ education. And most are first generation Americans whose first language isn’t even English, but they want something better for their kids, so they encourage and support their kids’ education.
This article is emotional propaganda by liberals. They are using race to trigger feelings of inadequacy in people who don’t invest in their kids. It’s the same tactic as CRT. Scapegoat race for the failure of parents to be actual parents and teach their kids for the better. Not all kids are academically inclined and that’s fine. This is why there needs to be more trade schools. But to punish hard working responsible parents and their kids is wrong. Let’s turn the tables and change the scenario. Would it be fair if a physically gifted black kid was to be kept from a basketball team for a Pakistani kid who isn’t as gifted in the game for the sake of equality? I didn’t think so.
More G&T seats a good idea. Why are Latino and Black kids under represented in gifted and talented programs in NYC schools? It’s not because they can’t learn. Success academy charter school in Harlem is 100% Black and Latino and all graduate with going to college many accepted to Ivy League, parent involvement is key and have high expectations in our kids to stay the course. NYC public schools have failed black and Latino kids for generations. Black and Latino parents want their kids to excel, then
Stay the course, dedicate time, put in the effort, late nights, control their screen time and maybe they can survive a gifted and talented program and make it to a specialized high school, don’t take it out on Asian and South Asian kids who put in the time, studied hard to make it into the G&T classes. Hope increase in seats is successful.
As a Latino, I was in one of these programs. My parents valued education over everything else. It’s just about hard work. We were also poor as hell so that’s not an excuse. I made sure to utilize my library to get all the resources I needed.
“with Black and Latino students starkly underrepresented.” underrepresented how? they received the same test every other race received. the students had every opportunity and access to the internet and libraries to study. why are you racially profiling children if they are scoring poorly? not all Black and Latino students have poor test scores. and why would you assume every white and asian student gets high scores?
For the most part, blk and Latino kids go home to people who don’t value education. Sorry if y’all are feeling underrepresented but this is what your indifference gets.
How woke and crt. ?
Tell us your thoughts on “cancel culture” ?
Chill with the cancel culture. Segregation was always a darl chapter in our history and here are government officials doing it again. And notice their own heritage…
Most people that still say “woke” as a pejorative are in their 70s, you’ll have to excuse me. Maybe update those copy-and-paste arguments of yours?
Despite the fact that boomers don’t do woke, CRT or cancel culture, perhaps you should know what you are talking about.