De Blasio dodges questions about scrapping city's gifted programs

Mayor Bill de Blasio pivoted to his favorite policy achievement — free pre-K — instead of answering questions about a controversial recommendation to scrap the city’s gifted-and-talented program.

“It’s literally a recommendation that just came out. I’m going to assess it,” de Blasio said of the report by a panel whose members are appointed by him and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, Tuesday on “Morning Joe.”

https://nypost.com/2019/08/27/de-blasio-dodges-questions-about-scrapping-citys-gifted-programs/