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 ...

Parent Carly Ferrin speaks during the public comment portion of the Alpine School District board meeting held at the district office in American Fork on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Parent Jessica Young ...

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 ...

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 ...

Houston ISD plans to test all second graders for the gifted-and-talented program this year, instead of testing all kindergartners as it has done for the past several years. HISD will administer ...

During Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, he indicated that he would end gifted-and-talented admissions for rising kindergarten students in New York. Here’s why people care.

A bill advancing to the Missouri Senate would require all public schools in the state to conduct universal gifted testing for ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Each year, kindergartners with Corpus Christi ISD are screened for the gifted and talented program. It's a two-part test focusing on things like skills, reading and math. If ...

Being labeled "gifted" as a child can have benefits, but it also carries risks. Many highly capable kids miss the gifted cutoff but go on to succeed at school, career, and life.

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.