Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an ongoing controversy in America regarding the optimal age to test a child for entry into public school ...

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani reignited a debate over gifted education when he said he would do away with gifted kindergarten programs if elected. Testing young children for “giftedness” ...

Testing young children for “giftedness” has a long history, but experts say there’s not much science to back the process. Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

A group of educators hope to desegregate city schools by phasing out the Department of Education’s “gifted and talented” programs and pulling back on school screening, among other recommendations. The ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Lawmakers in the Missouri House are expected to approve a new round of legislation this week, including a measure that would require school districts to expand existing efforts ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... About a decade after schools in Colorado started using universal testing to identify students who are gifted, white students and those from higher ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A bill advancing to the Missouri Senate would require all public schools in the state to conduct universal gifted testing for students before third grade. Missouri House Bill ...

New York City parents reportedly face a competitive private school application process "bloodbath" after Mayor Zohran Mamdani ...

During a visit to Stono Park Elementary School, Elizabeth Uptegrove watched a fourth grade student play a round of Apples to Apples, a word-association game. The boy was better known for his ...

Seattle Public Schools is replacing its program for gifted students with a more "inclusive" and "equitable" program in an ongoing trend of states scrapping honors classes in the name of diversity. SPS ...

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 ...

When I was a kindergartner in the 1980s, the “gifted” programming for my class could be found inside of a chest. I don’t know what toys and learning materials lived there, since I wasn’t one of the ...