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 ...

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 ...

Corpus Christi ISD has a lower percentage of students in gifted and talented programs compared to the Texas state average. The district's primary gifted and talented elementary school, Windsor Park, ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the mayor’s race, plans if elected to replace the selective program, which became a symbol of segregation in public schools. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and ...

Houston ISD’s Black, Hispanic and low-income students remain underrepresented in the district’s gifted and talented program, an issue that administrators hope is being partly addressed by new ...

Schools are finding new, data-driven ways to re-approach gifted and talented programs -- with a focus on inclusivity.