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Being labeled "gifted" as a child can have benefits, but it also carries risks. Many highly capable kids miss the gifted cutoff but go on to succeed at school, career, and life.

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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Parents, politicians and activists angry over Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to abolish the gifted and talented program in New York City schools held a protest in Lower ...

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For more than a decade, every January, thousands of New Yorkers have taken a high-stakes test, meeting one-on-one with a proctor for roughly an hour. These aren’t medical students or even high ...

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Current law in Missouri requires schools to have a program if 3% of its students are identified as "gifted," but it doesn't require screenings.

Cameron Yourema’s method to create a board game was literally mayhem. “We were trying to follow the mayhem rule as much as we ...