Source: Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. I loved being in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program as a kid (abbreviated as GT in many states). Bearing this label in elementary school gave me ...

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?

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 ...

A child genius has come forward with claims that he was removed from public school and secretly trained to develop psychic ...

Gifted programs could be shutting out millions of high-performing Black and Latino children from low-income families. Can districts fix their advanced education problem? By Troy Closson In New York ...

A woman named Desi, who was one of those so-called gifted students during her adolescence, recently revealed that the program's true purpose wasn't to inspire and challenge the smart kids, but to keep ...

The debate over gifted programs in New York City public schools spilled into the mayoral race this week after Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani said he’d phase out those classes for ...

I still remember the the first time I heard about “gifted” kids. I was fifteen, and taking part in a summer program for “gifted” Michigan high school students. Most of my classmates in the program had ...