Another NYC public school parent here. You are exactly right—-both G&T and bilingual programs are deliberately introduced to schools in gentrifying areas as a way to lure in wealthier (white) families that would otherwise go private. After a few years, assuming the program is successful in ‘integrating’ the school by making the wealthy/white families less scared of it, then the G&T/bilingual programs are phased out and moved into a new school so the process could be repeated. We saw that play out in school tours (two side-by-side 1st grade classes in the same school that were highly segregated by race) and decided we wanted nothing to do with it.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, this seems fairly common knowledge around these parts. Maybe it’s the Jordan Peterson dig?
Not sure why you’re being downvoted, this seems fairly common knowledge around these parts. Maybe it’s the Jordan Peterson dig?