The federal No Child Left Behind Act demands proof that all children are learning and raises the bar for schools, especially in teaching students on the low end of the public schools' academic scale.

Across classrooms and kitchen tables, adults still talk about “gifted” children as if brilliance were a fragile heirloom that ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Students in Western New York have been back in the classroom for about a month. One district is working to change the stigma surrounding "special ed". 7 News' Pheben ...

Some Colorado school districts are trying new approaches to identifying gifted children among students of color and other underrepresented groups. Children identified as gifted can get extra attention ...

Keeping gifted students focused and engaged in learning can be challenging. They complete tasks quickly, are often motivated to dig deeper into a subject, and are prone to boredom if not sufficiently ...

Mayor Bloomberg, outlining early in his tenure his program to “fix” the schools, asserted that there were “no good old days, just old days.” The Boston-educated billionaire was wrong. There was a time ...

A programme to help outstanding pupils reach their potential will be revived to help meet the learning requirements of all students, senators heard. Crystal Caesar, the Minister of Education, said ...

The National Working Group on Advanced Education issued Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners last month, offering a series of recommendations for improving advanced learning ...

Second grade is a big year for testing – not just for reading and math, but also for potential learning disabilities and services like gifted education. About 8% of Alabama children are identified as ...

Joseph Madaus receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Grant Program (Grant Number: S206A190023) and the Neag Foundation, Wyomissing, PA.

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