Parents of diverse ethnic backgrounds gathered outside the Department of Education on Thursday to demand that NYC’s Gifted and Talented (G&T) program be preserved. Several city officials accompanied the more than 200 parents and supporters from all five administrative districts and condemned the mayor’s leftist “political education” agenda. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has less than 3 months in office, announced last week that the G&T program would be phased out and replaced with his own progressive program. Black and Hispanic parents took to microphones and rebutted de Blasio’s claim that his new model is more “equitable.” Opposers of the G&T program say that it is racist in that it foments racial polarity since it enrolls a low number of black and Hispanic students. The most vociferous supporters of the G&T class and special high school examination system were the New York State Assemblyman William Colton and New York City Councilmember …