Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes.

How do you tell if your child is gifted? Schools that have programs for gifted students are often able to identify them by using traditional screening methods, like group IQ tests, review of ...

Public debate over gifted education tends to focus on fairness. Who gets to be called “gifted” and what sort of extras do ...

Academic success is as much dependent on how students feel about themselves as the letter grades that fill their transcripts. In fact, the two might be more correlated than they appear. When I was in ...

Back in the 1980s, when I began working in the field of gifted education, the dominant beliefs were that some kids were born extra smart and that their smartness could be measured by their IQ score.

Change in grade configuration in Lake Washington schools will be reflected in the district's new gifted program next year. Here are all the details from the district: Lake Washington School District ...

I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember ...