That's why, paradoxically, many of the gifted education experts I interviewed didn't like the label "gifted." "In a perfect world, every student would have an IEP," says Kaufman.

One of the great mysteries of American schooling is gifted education. You hear about it occasionally, particularly in elementary schools, but what does it do? I encountered not long ago a ...

And not surprisingly, the majority of these are low-income minorities who are the least likely to have access to gifted programs in school. One of the best articles I've seen on this issue is ...

Apolonio Trejo said he supports state reforms, more teacher engagement to find 'invisible characteristics' of giftedness.

What's one thing all experts in gifted education can agree on? There's a whole list of ways to tell if your child's gifted. Now, there's a tool used by psychologists and schools to screen students ...

Districts are eliminating gifted classes and instead trying to teach all students together. In some places, it's working — but schools also face challenges.

Most of the discussion about gifted education revolves around identification and under representation issues. While these concerns are discussed and debated over and over again, ...

While the typical gifted education services give a small boost to students’ reading performance on average—and a minimal bump for math—those benefits accrue most to high-income and white ...

Nationally, 32 states, including Arizona, mandate gifted education, according to the National Association For Gifted Children. Only four fully fund gifted programs, the organization says in this ...

Gifted education has racism in its roots: Lewis Terman, the psychologist who in the 1910s popularized the concept of “IQ” that became the foundation of gifted testing, was a eugenicist.

In years past, the term ”gifted” brought to mind an image of a child born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He was creative, intelligent and among the fortunate few who could earn top grades ...

With New York sharply divided over gifted education, some parents point to a school in Harlem as proof that selective schools can be integrated. Share full article. 175.