In a reverse course from the previous administration, Mayor Eric Adams will not only keep the Gifted and Talented program, but he’s also expanding it in New York City schools. After former mayor Bill ...

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 ...

Applications for New York City’s gifted and talented program open next month — roughly one year after former Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the program would be phased out and replaced. Education ...

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 ...

An indepth look into the ways that DeKalb County students are identified for the district’s gifted program has resulted in ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admission, Mayor Adams ...

Last week’s announcement from Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks that the city plans to add 1,100 seats to gifted-and-talented programs in time for the start of the school year in ...

As educators work to make gifted and talented education more equitable, one researcher is drawing attention to a student group that is particularly underrepresented in programs for advanced learners: ...

Across the country, educators, politicians and activists are debating the value and fairness of gifted and talented education programs, which were created to support K-12 students with advanced ...

Scrapping a preschool standardized entrance exam as the admissions criterion for New York City’s kindergarten “Gifted and Talented” program more than doubled its enrollment of Black and Hispanic ...