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 ...

Ohio’s Republican lawmakers have written an anti-DEI bill for schools so vague that it could harm special needs, disabled, or homeless students unintentionally. That’s what happens when lawmakers are ...

Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I ...

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 ...

A group third grade children in Charleston play a Stretch or Support game as part of a talent development program. A group of third grade students gather around a board game on a Wednesday afternoon ...

When New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani suggested ending gifted education for young children, the response was instant and intense. His idea to phase out gifted programs until third grade, ...

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: ...

RE-1 Valley School District’s gifted education program is seeing growth and making great strides as evidenced by a recent audit report by the state Gifted Education Monitoring team. Aubree Ross, ...

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 ...

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, ...