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G+T debacle: Half the kids -- and less diverse

On the Times website now and in tomorrow's paper, read Elissa Gootman's analysis of gifted and talented enrollment for 2008-2009 -- and weep. With half as many students enrolled in G+T programs -- despite nearly three times as many applicants -- diversity plummeted, schools that had g+t programs were forced to close them, and kids in underserved, outer-borough communities fared worst of all.

Bring your questions to parent forums on this year's gifted and talented application process; we'll be at the Brooklyn meeting tomorrow night, and welcome comments from readers who attend workshops in other parts of the city.

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