Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes.

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 ...

While gifted and talented education programs can be found in most public schools in the country, there is no federal standard for how they are carried out—or how students are selected for them.

PATERSON — The entrance exam for the Gifted and Talented academy was longer and harder than any other test the children had ever taken. “It was like 20 pages,” said Jonas, a third grader. “I wasn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - In this Thursday Oct. 14, 2021, file photo, protesters at City Hall condemn Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to phase out the Gifted and Talented (G&T) public school program in New York. Public ...

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is dividing education advocates with his calls to axe a gifted program in schools. Gifted programs have little standard regulation, but their ...

Seattle has shuttered its gifted and talented programs because the school board determined they had too many white and Asian students. The district began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools ...