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Today — 28 October 2025Main stream

Why America’s Debate Over Which Children Are ‘Gifted’ Won’t Go Away

27 October 2025 at 15:00
Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can districts fix their advanced education problem?

© Ariana Drehsler for The New York Times

An eighth grader works on an algebra problem at Southwest Junior High School in San Luis, Ariz., in a class that is part of an early-college program for high-achieving students.
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In Letitia James Case, Some Black Women See Their Own Family Sacrifices

The federal indictment of New York’s attorney general centers on a home she purchased for a relative. It is an act that rings deeply familiar to many.

© Kent J. Edwards for The New York Times

Lupe Todd-Medina, left, a Democratic strategist, and Tyquana Henderson-Rivers, a political consultant, said they are familiar with Letitia James’s impulse to help relatives. “I think it’s in our genetics,” Ms. Henderson-Rivers said.
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