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The mirage of the gifted child

Critics say the systems we use to educate the brightest kids are flawed and exclusionary. What if it’s the very premise of ...
While gifted and talented education programs can be found in most public schools in the country, there is no federal standard for how they are carried out—or how students are selected for them. For ...
I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.
A group third grade children in Charleston play a Stretch or Support game as part of a talent development program. A group of third grade students gather around a board game on a Wednesday afternoon ...
Second grade is a big year for testing – not just for reading and math, but also for potential learning disabilities and services like gifted education. About 8% of Alabama children are identified as ...
Houston ISD plans to test all second graders for the gifted-and-talented program this year, instead of testing all kindergartners as it has done for the past several years. HISD will administer ...