The mayor unveiled a plan to add seats in the highly selective program for both kindergartners and third graders and to permanently replace an admissions test with universal screening. By Lola Fadulu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an ongoing controversy in America regarding the optimal age to test a child for entry into public school ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Education is phasing out the controversial "gifted and talented" exam that fast tracks some kindergartners, and on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio ...

English learners and students with disabilities are under-identified as gifted and talented, but states that have specific policies requiring schools to offer services enroll these students at much ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Parents, politicians and activists angry over Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to abolish the gifted and talented program in New York City schools held a protest in Lower ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A smaller percentage of Corpus Christi ISD students are “gifted and talented” compared to the state average. Last year, just 3.2% ...