PATERSON — The entrance exam for the Gifted and Talented academy was longer and harder than any other test the children had ever taken. “It was like 20 pages,” said Jonas, a third grader. “I wasn’t ...

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.

Schools are trying to assess who is gifted. Portfolios, IQ and psychometric tests are all in the mix. But is that right?

"In G/T, I learned quickly that much of my self-esteem came from academic praise and approval from adults," the author writes. Alena Shafieva via Getty Images I don’t remember precisely when I first ...

The concept of ‘gifted students’ is often a controversial one for parents, usually because many of them feel their children are more gifted than the system recognizes. But one dad this week has shared ...

There are nine-year-olds graduating from high school, 12-year-olds earning college degrees and 14-year-olds running artificial intelligence businesses. Child prodigies may be born with naturally high ...

In third grade, I had my son tested for the talented and gifted program. He qualified, but all it meant for him was hours and hours of extra work. This year, he is attending an alternate high school, ...

In Paterson, where the gifted and talented program has produced the state's top-ranked elementary school, officials hope to ...

I am standing in front of a group of parents, nearly fifty in number, who are gathered at tonight’s meeting to find out more about the school division’s gifted program. By their demeanor, they are a ...

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 ...