The Mayor, First Lady, & Chancellor at a school (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) Last week, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced that they will administer the controversial and ...

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Critics have said the composition of the programs do not reflect the city's diversity. Four-year-old Lexi Eklof of Astoria, Queens will be taking the Gifted and Talented entrance exam this spring. Her ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Education is phasing out the controversial "gifted and talented" exam that fast tracks some kindergartners, and on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...

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The Education Department will administer an entrance exam for its gifted and talented programs to four-year-olds this spring -- but it will be the last time. The city’s gifted and talented programs ...

Scrapping a preschool standardized entrance exam as the admissions criterion for New York City’s kindergarten “Gifted and Talented” program more than doubled its enrollment of Black and Hispanic ...

Mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams said Wednesday that he supports a Gifted and Talented program admissions exam — leading some critics to question the impact and timing of Mayor de Blasio’s 11th-hour ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admission, Mayor Adams ...

A city education panel made up mostly of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handpicked allies defied his wishes Thursday, as they voted down a contract to administer the Gifted and Talented admissions exam.