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 ...

Following months of delay, the city Department of Education is prepared to administer the high-stakes Gifted & Talented exam to 4-year-olds -- but the test will no longer be given after this year, ...

The Department of Education ended the suspense around the city’s accelerated Gifted and Talented program Tuesday night, announcing that the single-test entry system will end after this year. Parents ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Education is phasing out the controversial "gifted and talented" exam that fast tracks some kindergartners, and on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...

The contract with the educational company that administers the Gifted & Talented test for public school preschoolers narrowly failed to win approval from the city’s education board Thursday, ...

New York City Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang says families don't know how their "kids are going to flourish?" without the Gifted and Talented programs. Andrew Schwartz/SplashNews.com Mayoral candidate ...

Scrapping a preschool standardized entrance exam as the admissions criterion for New York City’s kindergarten “Gifted and Talented” program more than doubled its enrollment of Black and Hispanic ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Department of Education (DOE) will administer its Gifted & Talented exam for the last time this spring, city officials announced. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced ...

After promising for more than seven years to overhaul the city’s controversial Gifted and Talented program, Mayor de Blasio announced major reforms Friday intended to address stark racial disparities ...

NEW YORK — The Panel for Educational Policy voted against a proposed contract early Thursday morning that would have allowed the city to test four-year-olds for the gifted and talented program this ...