Albert Einstein objected when people called him a genius. He argued against people’s insistence that he had any natural advantages, that he’d been born exceptionally intelligent. Instead, he credited ...

Shina Smith, 13, left, and Chris Douglass, 13, are two of 50 incoming students participating in Westlake High School's "Come West 9" summer program intended to reach out to gifted students in pursuit ...

A spate of new studies is revealing the lifelong impact of being marked as exceptional during childhood – and the results ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Maastricht have found that teachers are one and a half times more likely to suspect that boys are gifted than girls who are equally gifted. Moreover, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rick Hess is a scholar who writes about K-12 and higher education. Dec 06, 2021, 10:05am EST Dec 10, 2021, 09:34am EST This ...

How do you tell if your child is gifted? Schools that have programs for gifted students are often able to identify them by using traditional screening methods, like group IQ tests, review of ...

Across the land, the very idea of gifted and advanced education is under attack. This summer, as he prepared to wrap up his tenure, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio ordered the city’s elementary ...