Next September, the city will launch a new gifted and talented program at PS 20 in Fort Greene. Called the Technology, Inquiry, Enrichment and Research (TIER) Program, the new effort will launch with one kindergarten and one first-grade class in the fall and will ultimately expand through the fifth grade, reports the Inside Schools blog. The PS 20 building at 225 Adelphi Street between Dekalb and Willoughby already houses a 450-student K-5 school and a middle school, the Urban Assembly School for Arts and Letters. The city is also adding one gifted program in Bay Ridge and one in Astoria. To qualify, students need to score in the 97th percentile or better on the OLSAT and the Bracken School Readiness Assessment.
Three New Citywide Gifted & Talented Schools [Inside Schools]
3 New Gifted Programs to Open in September [NYT/Cityroom]
New Brooklyn Citywide G and T Schools [MySidewalkChalk]
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