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

Students of color and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds remain underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, which offer academic enrichment beyond grade level. In Virginia’s ...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders. By Troy Closson New York decides which 4-year-olds ...

Houston ISD plans to test all second graders for the gifted-and-talented program this year, instead of testing all kindergartners as it has done for the past several years. HISD will administer ...

The debate over gifted programs in New York City public schools spilled into the mayoral race this week after Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani said he’d phase out those classes for ...

Corpus Christi ISD has a lower percentage of students in gifted and talented programs compared to the Texas state average. The district's primary gifted and talented elementary school, Windsor Park, ...

What's old is new again: Politicians are once again trying to water down gifted and talented programs in the name of "equity" - or even kill them outright. In 2021, California schools adopted a new ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and ...

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 ...

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 ...