As the Marysville Joint Unified School District summer session comes to a close, around 30 students were able to participate in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program between June 12 and 30.

Students of color and those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds remain underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, which offer academic enrichment beyond grade level. In Virginia’s ...

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 ...

The father of four gifted children, Brad Rine of Metairie has no doubt that the specialized education they have received in Jefferson Parish public schools is, in fact, "special education." One day ...

One young woman who was in the gifted and talented program at school throughout her life says that even though she excelled academically, she still felt inadequate. Growing up, Sneha Santosh, now 20 ...

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 ...

The state's top court ruled the lawsuit failed to show systemic discrimination in NYC's Gifted and Talented programs in schools. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Good news: The state’s top ...

Scarsdale, N.Y.: I would just like to throw something out as the debate over “gifted and talented” programs rages between the candidates for mayor. There are valid points being made on both sides of ...

It’s an experience many families share, said Modesto School Board President Adolfo Lopez — and his family is no exception. As he was growing up in west Modesto, his mother faced a difficult decision: ...

Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I ...

Seattle Public Schools is dismantling its gifted and talented program, which administrators argued was oversaturated with white and Asian students, in favor of a more “inclusive, equitable and ...