I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do ...
In New York City, thousands of students deemed “gifted” by the Department of Education’s own assessment standards are denied access to gifted and talented public school programs due to the lack of ...
I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.
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Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I ...
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. For ...
Public debate over gifted education tends to focus on fairness. Who gets to be called “gifted” and what sort of extras do ...
My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, So, so discouraging but not so surprising — New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani wants to abolish the city’s gifted-and-talented program ...
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The Mirage of the Gifted Child

Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of giftedness that’s faulty?
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is opposed to moving ...
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 ...