The Mayor, First Lady, & Chancellor at a school (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) Last week, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced that they will administer the controversial and ...
A recent New York Times article describes an interesting trend in test preparation: getting 3-and 4-year-olds competitive for gifted-and-talented public kindergarten programs. Traditionally, ...
Academic testing has become a way of life for children trying to qualify for scholarship money or gain entrance into intensely competitive top-tier colleges and universities. “At this moment, about 40 ...
New York City’s specialized high schools and elementary school gifted and talented (G&T) programs share three notable features: They provide unique experiences that give students a leg up for the ...
The test for admission into New York City's gifted and talented public-school program has perennially led to nail-biting among parents. But this year, the anxiety has been ratcheted up even higher. As ...
CITY PARENTS hoping to enroll their kids in competitive city gifted programs will receive booklets with sample questions for new citywide entrance exams, city officials said yesterday. Many parents ...