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anonymous

Oct 19, 2020

G&T Pearson contract has STILL not been renewed

in General Discussions

It is mid October and DOE has *****STILL****** not finished the contract for testing K G&T kids....

https://placenyc.org/2020/10/04/email-mayor-and-chancellor-dont-kill-gt-under-the-cover-of-covid/

"Parents traditionally register for the test in October. Chancellor shared last week that the DOE will make the admissions announcement in “mid to late October”. But if there is no contract with the G&T test provider, how will enrollment be determined to fill the G&T seats in September 2021? Will there be adequate time, support, and outreach for families to learn about the program? The lack of clarity and transparency on this issue adds additional stress to families on top of the enormous chaos and hardships of school reopening and the upcoming school year."

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Unknown member

Oct 21, 2020

My concern is that I have seen no evidence of the DOE working on improving the current system. Just destroying the current one. It reminds me of Trump in some ways. Telling to your constituents not how you will work on problems, just how you will harm some other group that you consider privileged.

Unknown member

Oct 22, 2020

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100%.

Anon

Oct 21, 2020

I agree we need a viable plan for what comes next, but testing 4yo is a waste of money and resources. I am not anti-testing or G&T, testing after elementary or middle makes way more sense. We need good ES for everyone.

a nonymous

Oct 21, 2020

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ITA.

Anonymous

Oct 21, 2020

It will be the perfect excuse to diversify G&T by filling seats w/o the test. Then, there will be no going back to testing.

Anonymous

Oct 21, 2020

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That said, testing 4.y.o is stupid imo

Anonymous

Oct 20, 2020

I thought the city was doing away with G&T?

a nonymous

Oct 21, 2020

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@anonymous Because one is a private institution that can make whatever conditions it sees fit for its contractual arrangements with its customers; and the other is a public institution that receives public funds to provide a public service, and so inequities in that service (such as testing four year olds into a separate and superior stream of education) are a source of concern.

(I'm aware there are many, many inequities in the DOE system. But testing four year olds does seem like a particularly pre-meditated and avoidable form of stupidity.)

MidtownMom

Oct 21, 2020

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@a nonymous So your argument is just based on who receives public funds? That's some real bullshit! Sorry.

a nonymous

Oct 21, 2020

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Huh? I was explaining why there isn't the same level of outrage about private schools testing. It doesn't seem controversial to me that there are higher expectations on public institutions to do things in a fair and equitable way. They are accountable to all of society, privates are accountable only to their community. And I don't like or agree with private schools, BTW, I think they contribute to inequity too; but since it's a given that they exist, I can't justify being outraged about how they choose which privileged four year olds to admit over other privileged four year old.

How is that bullshit? I feel like I'm missing something you're trying to say.