New York City’s specialized high schools and elementary school gifted and talented (G&T) programs share three notable features: They provide unique experiences that give students a leg up for the ...

Thousands of 4-year-olds get tutored to get into "gifted" kindergartens. April 13, 2012— -- Stressed parents, squirming kids, expensive prepping for standardized tests -- welcome to the world of ...

A recent New York Times article describes an interesting trend in test preparation: getting 3-and 4-year-olds competitive for gifted-and-talented public kindergarten programs. Traditionally, ...

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 ...

Following months of delay, the city Department of Education is prepared to administer the high-stakes Gifted & Talented exam to 4-year-olds -- but the test will no longer be given after this year, ...

The test for admission into New York City's gifted and talented public-school program has perennially led to nail-biting among parents. But this year, the anxiety has been ratcheted up even higher. As ...

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, ...