I am standing in front of a group of parents, nearly fifty in number, who are gathered at tonight’s meeting to find out more about the school division’s gifted program. By their demeanor, they are a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is expanding its Gifted and Talented program to every school district starting next school year, along with changes to which students will be eligible and how the ...

Casually, I mentioned to my husband that we received a letter from our son’s elementary school about gifted testing, knowing his reaction would be anything but casual. After all, this was the man ...

Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and ...

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, ...

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Sometimes, the only thing harder for Shanda Sinnett than finding academically bright students in her rural Virginia schools is figuring out how to keep them engaged in their communities as they grow. ...

The admissions process for gifted programs in New York City has led to a debate over how to desegregate the nation’s largest school system. By Eliza Shapiro To get into a gifted and talented ...

The mayor unveiled a plan to add seats in the highly selective program for both kindergartners and third graders and to permanently replace an admissions test with universal screening. By Lola Fadulu ...

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 ...

At the start of Wednesday night’s contentious Panel for Educational Policy meeting, New York City officials were confident they had the votes to carry Mayor de Blasio’s controversial proposal to hold ...

I am standing in front of a group of parents, nearly fifty in number, who are gathered at tonight’s meeting to find out more about the school division’s gifted program. By their demeanor, they are a ...