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 ...

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"In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes. Alena Shafieva via Getty Images I don’t remember precisely when I first ...

A school-diversity panel created by Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to junk the gifted-and-talented programs and other forms of academic screening in city schools. Arguing that such programs perpetuate ...

"Who are the highest-performing students in my school?" This is the question K-12 school administrators should be asking as they seek to identify academically advanced students and accommodate their ...

Gifted programs in schools have long been a topic of debate and discussion among parents, teachers, students, and school administrators. A plethora of studies and statistics have time and time again ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The "Gifted and Talented" program in New York City is coming to an end. The Department of Education is phasing out the controversial exam that fast tracks some gifted elementary ...

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 ...

Fresh off a first 100 days in office that in some respects have unearthed a number of major challenges for Mayor Eric Adams -- from backlash over COVID mandate decisions to homelessness to increasing ...

The disproportionate percentage of white students in gifted programs has become a hot topic in Seattle in recent years. But historical documents in the school district archives show that this debate ...

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 ...