Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of ...

Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Education Chancellor David C. Banks on Thursday announced the expansion of the New York City public school’s Gifted and Talented program serving elementary school ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admission, Mayor Adams ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is expanding its Gifted and Talented program to every school district citywide by adding more seats for kindergarten students, as well as opening a program for ...

The city’s gifted and talented program will expand this fall with more seats for kindergarteners and a new program for third graders, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday. "For the first time, there ...

The father of four gifted children, Brad Rine of Metairie has no doubt that the specialized education they have received in Jefferson Parish public schools is, in fact, "special education." One day ...

When New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced an expansion of the city’s Gifted and Talented program for elementary school kids on Thursday, it didn’t exactly come as a surprise. Adams has been clear ...

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 ...

RE-1 Valley School District’s gifted and talented program is continuing to see success as evidenced by a presentation that program coordinator Aubree Ross and two of her students gave to the school ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City families will be able to apply to the newly expanded Gifted & Talented (G&T) programs next week for both kindergarten and third-grade entry points. Last month, the ...