New York City officials announced plans this month for its school system, the country’s largest, to phase out its program for gifted and talented students. The screening test the city has given to ...

If your child is one smart cookie, you might be interested in taking a look at the best schools for gifted and talented students in New York City. I was in a gifted and talented program when I was in ...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a plan to phase out his city’s Gifted and Talented program at public elementary schools, which often served as a springboard to the elite schools his ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Education is phasing out the controversial "gifted and talented" exam that fast tracks some kindergartners, and on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...

One of New Jersey’s largest suburban school districts is making a big change in its programming for high-performing students over the objections of some parents. The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional ...

Gifted and talented programs aim to provide outlets for students who feel intellectually constrained by the instruction offered to their peers. Critics of the push to eliminate them say it punishes ...

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 ...

The Issue: Zohran Mamdani’s plan to phase out the Gifted & Talented program at the kindergarten level. Children are born with varying capacities to learn, and the role of a strong education system is ...