These programs are designed to challenge kids who are ahead of their classmates, but have drawn controversy over inclusion.

"Brilliant NYC" will eliminate the highly selective high stakes test for 4-year-olds that critics say unfairly favors white and Asian Americans.

They also promised to extend Gifted and Talented to more districts and rework how the city assesses young children’s academic prowess.

If Mr. Renzulli’s ideas were implemented in New York City, critics said, test-score cutoffs for gifted programs could drop and successful gifted-and-talented programs could be eliminated. Last night ...

The obvious racial achievement gap leads into concerns about whether or not the program itself actually unleashes the potential of a gifted student, or is another example of deep-rooted systematic ...

Gifted and talented students are identified as early as grade one. These students show a high-performance ability and require an educational program beyond what is normally provided to help them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Bla… ...

School districts have historically relied on a referral-based process to identify students for gifted and talented programming. This means that teachers or parents nominate their students to take ...

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 ...