These programs are designed to challenge kids who are ahead of their classmates, but have drawn controversy over inclusion.

Participating in a gifted and talented program improved high-ability students' reading and math achievement, on average, nationwide, I found in a new study. However, in reading, these achievement ...

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 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 ...

Idesha Fraser was proud to hear that a teacher at P.S. 282 in Park Slope had recognized her fourth-grade daughter’s academic potential and transferred her into the school’s Gifted and Talented program ...

NEW YORK — Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools as vocal parents blame such elite programs for worsening racial segregation ...

Public schools in other states offer more support for gifted children than Massachusetts does. It doesn’t have to be that way. I didn’t think much about gifted and talented programs until I saw my ...

April Wells grew up west of Chicago, a bright and avid bookworm in a low-income family. Her district, U-46, had gifted classes, but most of the students in them were white, and no one suggested that ...

The state’s top court tossed out a lawsuit Thursday that claimed New York City’s gifted and talented programs — which mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out — are racially biased ...

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 ...

Teacher recommendations and a random lottery will be used instead of test scores to pick preschoolers for the city’s elementary school Gifted and Talented program this year, officials announced ...

Participating in a gifted and talented program improved high-ability students’ reading and math achievement, on average, nationwide, I found in a new study. However, in reading, these achievement ...