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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 ...
I’m not alone: In recent years, the “formerly gifted kid” trope has become something of a meme, with TikTokers cracking dark ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When I was in elementary school, I was selected for my school’s gifted program, which allowed me to leave class to learn with the ...
My score did not qualify me for the gifted program.’ ...
When I was a kid, I was placed in special education. Recurrent ear infections had left me with a central auditory processing disorder, and the school’s verdict was that I needed to be sorted into the ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
One school district "solved" its equity problem by vastly expanding the definition of "gifted." But no version of gifted education will be fair until we change a standard approach that squanders the ...
Hardly a week goes by without another news item about a school district’s attempt to deal with the problem of the underrepresentation of low-income students and children of color in gifted education ...
What distinguishes gifted children from other children? This question has been under debate for some time. However, as educators, understanding how gifted students learn in comparison to their peers ...
Participating in a gifted and talented program improved high-ability students’ reading and math achievement, on average, nationwide, I found in a new study. However, in reading, these achievement ...