After this school year, the city’s public schools are doing away with the gifted education identification test used to sort kids in the early years. The test, which is taken by students as young as 4 ...

The Mayor, First Lady, & Chancellor at a school (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) Last week, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced that they will administer the controversial and ...

I am standing in front of a group of parents, nearly fifty in number, who are gathered at tonight’s meeting to find out more about the school division’s gifted program. By their demeanor, they are a ...

The contract with the educational company that administers the Gifted & Talented test for public school preschoolers narrowly failed to win approval from the city’s education board Thursday, ...

Critics have said the composition of the programs do not reflect the city's diversity. Four-year-old Lexi Eklof of Astoria, Queens will be taking the Gifted and Talented entrance exam this spring. Her ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is expanding its Gifted and Talented program to every school district starting next school year, along with changes to which students will be eligible and how the ...

At the start of Wednesday night’s contentious Panel for Educational Policy meeting, New York City officials were confident they had the votes to carry Mayor de Blasio’s controversial proposal to hold ...

Casually, I mentioned to my husband that we received a letter from our son’s elementary school about gifted testing, knowing his reaction would be anything but casual. After all, this was the man ...

The admissions process for gifted programs in New York City has led to a debate over how to desegregate the nation’s largest school system. By Eliza Shapiro To get into a gifted and talented ...

NEW YORK (WCBS) — A big change is coming for New York City’s Gifted and Talented programs for students. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said Wednesday the city will start ...