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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 ...
If you've heard of Alpha School, you've heard the pitch: two hours of AI tutoring in the morning, life skills in the ...
One of the most divisive topics in education is gifted education. Even the word itself—gifted—has caused debate. The efficacy and equity of gifted programs came under fire in 2021 when New York City ...
I Was Enrolled In A 'Gifted' Program As A Kid. Years Later, I Discovered A Dark Side I Never Knew About.
Public debate over gifted education tends to focus on fairness. Who gets to be called “gifted” and what sort of extras do ...
Source: Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. I loved being in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program as a kid (abbreviated as GT in many states). Bearing this label in elementary school gave me ...
In 1994, 40 years after Brown v. Board of Education led to school desegregation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that white students in Georgia were five times more likely than minority ...
I don’t remember precisely when I first heard the word “gifted,” but it must have been in early elementary school. I do remember being pulled out of my first-grade class and led to the fifth-grade ...