In New York City, thousands of students deemed “gifted” by the Department of Education’s own assessment standards are denied access to gifted and talented public school programs due to the lack of ...

While gifted and talented education programs can be found in most public schools in the country, there is no federal standard for how they are carried out—or how students are selected for them. For ...

Beyond the labels, there is a benefit to treating students’ abilities as qualities schools can serve, not conditions they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don't remember precisely when I first heard the word "gifted," but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember ...

Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out the city’s gifted program for kindergarten students if elected, a proposal that drew intense criticism and praise. By Troy Closson Some parents were distraught, ...

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is dividing education advocates with his calls to axe a gifted program in schools. Gifted programs have little standard regulation, but their ...

Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can districts fix their advanced education problem? By Troy Closson See more of ...

As educators work to make gifted and talented education more equitable, one researcher is drawing attention to a student group that is particularly underrepresented in programs for advanced learners: ...

One way to support a child’s gifted development is with congregated gifted classes. These classes can be great, but they aren’t always the best way to address a particular child’s gifted learning ...