It is no secret that gifted and talented K-12 programs often ostracize minority students. This process is commonly known as racialized tracking, where students of color are weeded out of accelerated ...
I’ve written about how one girl who consistently aced standardized tests was not recommended for gifted classes by her teachers. The fact is, kids don’t need to be gifted to be included in gifted K-12 ...
Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and ...
ATLANTA — Despite using what state officials call “many best practices,” an audit of the Georgia Department of Education’s gifted program found reduced effectiveness due to deviations in how the ...
(TNS) — The state has awarded Harford County Public Schools a grant to start an online learning program for kindergartners and first graders at three elementary schools. The more than $20,000 grant ...
Several research universities around the country are running online college-prep schools that tailor teaching and learning to the needs of high achievers, essentially establishing an on-site research ...
It's been more than a decade since the University of Iowa Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education released a report suggesting that many students in the upper tier of their classes are just as much in ...
Elected officials are calling on the city to test all prekindergarten kids for gifted classes in order to enroll more students in the elite programs. On Thursday, 26 members of the City Council’s ...
Big Apple kids who attend the city’s full-day prekindergarten classes are five times more likely to try out for gifted and talented classes in the public schools when they enter kindergarten, ...
The number of students qualifying for gifted kindergarten programs in New York City public school districts rose by 10 percent this year, and those qualifying for the elite citywide program jumped by ...