Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani expected to name longtime NYC educator Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor, overseeing nation's ...

In a reverse course from the previous administration, Mayor Eric Adams will not only keep the Gifted and Talented program, but he’s also expanding it in New York City schools. After former mayor Bill ...

The city’s gifted and talented program will expand this fall with more seats for kindergarteners and a new program for third graders, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday. "For the first time, there ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City families will be able to apply to the newly expanded Gifted & Talented (G&T) programs next week for both kindergarten and third-grade entry points. Last month, the ...

Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Education Chancellor David C. Banks on Thursday announced the expansion of the New York City public school’s Gifted and Talented program serving elementary school ...

Scrapping a preschool standardized entrance exam as the admissions criterion for New York City’s kindergarten “Gifted and Talented” program more than doubled its enrollment of Black and Hispanic ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City is expanding its Gifted and Talented program to every school district citywide by adding more seats for kindergarten students, as well as opening a program for ...

New York City’s controversial Gifted and Talented program for elementary schoolers will grow by roughly 1,000 seats — but will no longer use a test for preschoolers to determine admission, Mayor Adams ...

The father of four gifted children, Brad Rine of Metairie has no doubt that the specialized education they have received in Jefferson Parish public schools is, in fact, "special education." One day ...

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 ...