Why Zohran Mamdani wants to curb gifted programmes in schools and New Yorkers don’t
When New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani declared his intent to abolish the city’s gifted-and-talented programme for kindergarteners, his reasoning resonated with the comforting sound of fairness. He argued that it was simply too early to decide which four-year-olds possessed “high potential.” At first glance, that sounds humane, even just. After all, who among…