“Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York City, plans to end the gifted and talented program for kindergarten students at public schools if he is elected, calling for a major overhaul of a program that has deeply divided parents.
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Mr. Mamdani’s position received criticism on Thursday, including from Yiatin Chu, co-founder of Parent Leaders for Accelerated Curriculum and Education, a group that pushes for accelerated academic options, who called him “de Blasio 2.0.”
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