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 ...

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.

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.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A diversity panel appointed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke out Tuesday after recommending that the city eliminate its gifted programs at schools. In a report from ...

Chances are that back in school, you either knew someone who was very gifted or you actually were that kid (hey, how are you) ...

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 ...

More Missouri public school students could receive gifted education under two proposals debated by the House Education ...

A Missouri House committee heard proposals to expand screenings for gifted education and add state funding for gifted ...

Editor’s note: Paterson school district officials allowed students to be interviewed on the condition that their full names not be published. PATERSON — The entrance exam for the Gifted and Talented ...

I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade ...