Gifted Education
Learn more about the practices, procedures, and programs used to educate children who have been identified as gifted or talented
English Learners
Four Steps Schools Should Take to Identify Gifted English-Learners
Researchers from the National Center for Research on Gifted Education visited elementary and middle schools in three states to study schools that had "exemplary" track records in spotting academically talented ELLs. Nationally, only 2 percent of English-learners are enrolled in gifted and talented programs.
Special Education
Gifted Education Researcher James Webb Dies
Webb studied the social and emotional and special education issues in gifted education.
Special Report
Teaching Vulnerable Students
This special report examines challenges and strategies for educating some of the most vulnerable students in the nation’s schools, including youths in juvenile detention facilities, immigrant students fearing deportation, homeless students with disabilities, and foster children.
Special Education
Opinion
Redefining Giftedness
What tangible benefits have there been, for all of us, in categorizing children and offering enrichment to those with high potential?
Special Education
Can Schools Help Uncover 'Lost Einsteins' in Next Generation of Inventors?
A new study suggests the nation could be overlooking thousands of potential young inventors, as family income and local "innovation" play an outsized role in whether young students grow up to be inventors.
Special Education
How Accessible Is Gifted Education in Your State?
All schools will soon have to report advanced achievement for their students. But the percentage of schools that offer programs for advanced students varies a lot from state to state.
Special Education
Opinion
Why Differentiation Misses the Mark for Gifted Students
Can gifted students' needs be met through differentiated instruction in a "regular" classroom?
Equity & Diversity
Leader To Learn From
Casting a Wider Net for Giftedness
Seminole County, Fla., schools Superintendent Walt Griffin, along with school psychologist Jeanette Lukens, are scouting more broadly for talent and bringing more diversity to the district’s gifted student population. They are recognized as 2017 Leaders To Learn From.
Equity & Diversity
Collection
Unmet Promises: High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
This yearlong series examines efforts to recognize and overcome discrimination in schools.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Will ESSA Encourage States to Consider Gifted Students' Achievement?
The vast majority of states don't give their schools much of an incentive to bolster achievement for the most advanced students, according to a report released Wednesday by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a think tank in Washington.
Special Education
Maryland District's Officials Seek to Drop Gifted and Talented Label
The Baltimore County school district wants to change district policy to include other types of advanced academic work, such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Why Don't Schools Accelerate More Students?
We always think students need to be retained, but never that they need to be accelerated because they have already mastered key concepts.
School & District Management
Gifted Black Students Have Less Chance of Being Recommended for Gifted Programs
Teachers are about as likely to recommend equally academically talented white and Hispanic students for gifted programs. For black students, it's another story.
Special Education
Three Myths Keeping Bright Kids in Poverty From Going to Top Colleges
Top academics isn't enough to get you into a top school if you are poor.