New York public schools to end gifted and talented program

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The program has spawned legal challenges over the years, with opponents charging that it imposed a caste system in public schools.
51% : Public education should not actually be rooted in competition because it's the right that everyone should have," Smith-Thompson said.
50% : "It is going to particularly hurt the families that do not have much and who do not have access to private schools or charter schools -- or who cannot afford to move out of New York City for better education opportunities for their children," said Donghui Zang, who unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat on the City Council on a platform partly built on educational opportunities for low-income immigrants.
47% : Toni Smith-Thompson, who has three children in public schools and who has joined other parents in calling for the dismantling of the city's gifted and talented program, said the mayor's move was long overdue.

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