Mediocrity has been the hallmark of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s nearly eight-year tenure at City Hall and he is leaving that mark on the city’s public school system. With 85 days left in office, he ...

A student who is gifted or talented is usually identified as being in the top 5% of intelligence and capability of students their age. Giftedness refers more to a student’s capabilities than ...

States with formal policies around gifted and talented programs tend to identify more English learners and students with disabilities for those programs, according to a new study from NWEA, a ...

Americans who were part of 'gifted and talented' education programs in the 1980s and 1990s believe they were part of a secret government intelligence program. The Gifted And Talented Education ...

“It doesn’t make sense that gifted and talented is so overwhelmingly white and Asian when we know there are black and brown kids who can do this, too,” said Eric Crump, the father of a black ...

But the Office for Gifted and Talented disbanded in the early 1990s, budgets were cut, and most programs withered away. In Baron’s eyes, it was a huge loss.

The goal of gifted and talented programs is not to create genius but to open the doors to desirable professions that combine the maximum financial rewards with the minimum physical effort.

OPINION: Let’s get over gifted and talented programs in schools. Illustration by Alayna Wilkening / The Indiana Daily Student By Leila Faraday. Oct 18, 2023 11:53 am · Updated Oct 18, 2023 11:53 am.