Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes.

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 ...

In Paterson, where the gifted and talented program has produced the state's top-ranked elementary school, officials hope to build on that success.

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 ...

Allegations of foot-dragging in Montgomery County have led parents and a school board member to blast school administrators for excessive secrecy and an absence of progress on the county’s ...

Schools are trying to assess who is gifted. Portfolios, IQ and psychometric tests are all in the mix. But is that right?

Seattle Public Schools is replacing its program for gifted students with a more "inclusive" and "equitable" program in an ongoing trend of states scrapping honors classes in the name of diversity. SPS ...

Even as schools across the state brace for sky-is-falling budget cuts, the Tucson Unified School District program for gifted and talented students is prepping for dramatic growth in the next school ...

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 ...

"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 ...