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Columbia’s devotion to DEI, Gaza pier doomed from start and other commentary
“Columbia is using an ‘evaluation tool’ . . . that mandates hiring committees assign more weight to DEI than teaching, and to give DEI equal weight to research,” fumes John...
Gifted and Talented students arrested in horrific, caught-on-video bus beatdown: 'Weirdo shoulda died'
The victim -- who one student callously declared "deserved it" and "shoulda died" -- could be heard shrieking in pain as a pack of kids rained punches on him.
Leftist third party targets Adams as it seeks candidates to embrace liberal agenda
The WFP also wants the incumbents and other candidates to embrace the tidal wave of migrants flooding the city, support more licensed injection sites for addicts and block charter schools.
‘Flying blind’: NYC parents scramble for kindergarten Gifted & Talented entry
Vague entry standards and shifting rules have left parents of soon-to-be kindergartners frustrated for the second year in a row, The Post has found.
Parents call on Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto bills on mayoral control, class sizes
Protesters gathered outside Gov. Kathy Hochul's Manhattan office and demanded her veto a mayoral control bill and a law shrinking public school class sizes on Friday.
Judge dismisses suit seeking to end NYC's Gifted & Talented programs
A Manhattan judge threw out a lawsuit that sought to eliminate Gifted & Talented programs and admissions screening to public schools.
Thank Mayor Adams for expanding G&T — but, alas, the plan has some big flaws
Mayor Eric Adams injected a fresh dose of common sense into the city’s civic landscape by announcing the restoration of Gifted & Talented programs in public schools. Unfortunately, his plan...
Public-school parents — like me — are thrilled Adams is expanding Gifted and Talented classes
As a New York City Housing Authority kid who entered a public-school gifted-and-talented class in the fifth and sixth grades, I’m elated that Mayor Adams is expanding access to G&T...
Mayor Eric Adams fights the good fight on NYC crime and schools
Three cheers for Mayor Eric Adams for standing up for what’s right when it come to crime and schools in NYC.
City to expand Gifted and Talented program to more students, districts
They also promised to extend Gifted and Talented to more districts and rework how the city assesses young children’s academic prowess.
DOE slated to announce plans for NYC's Gifted and Talented program
The anticipated announcement comes after former mayor Bill de Blasio tried to nix the program at the end of his tenure.
Anyone-can-vote madness hits NYC, serving up yet another far-left victory: Goodwin
The Big Apple is steering left to the city of lawlessness where illegal immigrants can cast ballots and career criminals don’t have to worry about going to jail, Michael Goodwin...
Adams must unequivocally reverse de Blasio’s G&T education ban
Incoming mayor Eric Adams has vaguely promised to bring back gifted education, but every day without an actual plan to gauge kids' giftedness is a day so many New York...
Eric Adams' DOE pick a change of course from de Blasio: Goodwin
“The cavalry is coming. Help is on the way,” Eric Adams said when he introduced David Banks as his pick for schools chancellor. And Banks himself didn’t waste time in...
Chancellor Banks: Kids are bringing guns to school 'because they're afraid'
Incoming New York City schools Chancellor David Banks said Friday that rising crime across the city is driving kids to bring guns to school.
How Eric Adams can undo de Blasio's damage to gifted and talented programs — and NYC's neediest kids
Mayor Bill de Blasio last month announced his wrongheaded decision to subvert the will of public-school parents and end the Department of Education’s gifted and talented programs. Just as we...
Billionaire Ronald Lauder plans to save gifted and talented program
Cosmetics billionaire and philanthropist, Ronald Lauder is preparing a full-court press to save the city's gifted and talented program.
New Jersey parents' revolt over schools and other commentary
Liberal: Jersey Parents’ Revolt New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s “narrow victory was a dumbfounding rebuke of the state’s Democrats, who went into the election with the drink-clinking serenity of the...
Bill de Blasio's parting Orwellian insult to NYC parents
Mayor Bill de Blasio nixed all current G&T programs last month, effective next year, without even seeking parents’ input — claiming the Department of Education would do that afterward.
NYC pol Liu calls Gifted and Talented parent forums 'Orwellian' theater
State Sen. John Liu ripped the city's Gifted and Talented parent engagement meetings as staged "Orwellian" theater Wednesday.