In a reverse course from the previous administration, Mayor Eric Adams will not only keep the Gifted and Talented program, but he’s also expanding it in New York City schools. After former mayor Bill ...

Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Education Chancellor David C. Banks on Thursday announced the expansion of the New York City public school’s Gifted and Talented program serving elementary school ...

Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of giftedness that’s faulty?

RE-1 Valley School District’s gifted and talented program is continuing to see success as evidenced by a presentation that program coordinator Aubree Ross and two of her students gave to the school ...

A woman named Desi, who was one of those so-called gifted students during her adolescence, recently revealed that the program's true purpose wasn't to inspire and challenge the smart kids, but to keep ...

The father of four gifted children, Brad Rine of Metairie has no doubt that the specialized education they have received in Jefferson Parish public schools is, in fact, "special education." One day ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admission, Mayor Adams ...

In the fifth grade, my family moved and I transferred to a new school district in New Jersey. In the West Orange school district, I gained admission into the High Aptitude Program, a gifted and ...

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 ...

Scrapping a preschool standardized entrance exam as the admissions criterion for New York City’s kindergarten “Gifted and Talented” program more than doubled its enrollment of Black and Hispanic ...

I still remember the the first time I heard about “gifted” kids. I was fifteen, and taking part in a summer program for “gifted” Michigan high school students. Most of my classmates in the program had ...

I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.