As Selim Algar reported in Wednesday’s Post, the city’s Gifted & Talented programs are “safe — for now.”

Chancellor Richard Carranza admitted on WNYC Tuesday that students now in G&T “aren’t going to have the rug pulled out from under them” — “this year,” anyway.

But he also made it plain that he wants major changes, complaining that programs differ across the city: “You can’t point to a specific pedagogy or a specific curriculum.” But why would you need to?

“It’s just faster and more. That can’t be what Gifted & Talented is in the biggest school system in the nation.” Why not? Faster and more is the point: Some kids learn best at an accelerated rate; it’s not fair to them to not offer greater challenges. The main (entirely just) complaint about G&T is that there’s not enough of it. Better to add more programs, not mess with ones that work.

Instead, the chancellor plainly shares the view of the mayor’s handpicked School Diversity Advisory Group, which last week called on the city to not only ditch the current G&T system but also toss out academic admissions screening for middle and high schools. In fact, Carranza’s spent the last year bashing selective admissions at all levels as a racist plot.

As a practical matter, he reassured no one by announcing, just two days before classes begin, that G&T is safe for the year. Rather, his vow “to look at with a very critical lens what is it that we’re doing for gifted students” only leaves parents worried about their kids’ future — and much more prone to give up on the public schools and even on living in the city altogether.

Yes, local leaders, from teachers union chief Mike Mulgrew to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, have spoken out against killing G&T. But the drive to end screening started before Carranza got here, and will likely continue after he skips off to his next position.

Parents may wait out Mayor Bill de Blasio’s remaining years in office, betting that he won’t destroy the whole system before he’s forced out come Jan. 1, 2022. But they sure could use more reason to hope.