The Thompson School District earned high praise from a state site visit to evaluate its gifted education program, including that the district could be a template for others in the state. Thompson ...

A new effort is trying to bring a fresh approach to gifted education—and it doesn’t take place in a school building. It’s a homeschool curriculum and support system, with a somewhat unusual boarding ...

New York City officials announced plans this month for its school system, the country’s largest, to phase out its program for gifted and talented students. The screening test the city has given to ...

NYC schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels looked to the IB model as an alternative to gifted education. Now, as NY overhauls ...

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

The future of New York City’s gifted education program is in question. As the issue becomes more politically polarizing in communities across the country, the flawed notion that getting rid of gifted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Academic success is as much dependent on how students feel about themselves as the letter grades that fill their transcripts. In ...