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Second grade is a big year for testing – not just for reading and math, but also for potential learning disabilities and services like gifted education. About 8% of Alabama children are identified as ...

The role of what is known as “gifted and talented” programs in public K-12 education has long been debated in contentious conversations on how schools determine their most advanced students and ...

As educators work to make gifted and talented education more equitable, one researcher is drawing attention to a student group that is particularly underrepresented in programs for advanced learners: ...

Albuquerque students’ artwork and a poem about volcanoes, displayed at the 2019 National Association for Gifted Children conference. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

The state’s top court tossed out a lawsuit Thursday that claimed New York City’s gifted and talented programs — which mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani wants to phase out — are racially biased ...

This article about gifted education was produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 1 ...

State lawmakers are calling on their colleagues to pass legislation that would expand New York City's gifted and talented programs as they become a flashpoint in the mayor’s race. The legislation ...

When New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani suggested ending gifted education for young children, the response was instant and intense. His idea to phase out gifted programs until third grade, ...

Christopher Redding does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

The Washington Post editorial board slammed New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Friday for "holding back gifted students in the name of equity" following his proposal to phase out gifted ...