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 ...

Perfectionism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it can be incredibly harmful to our emotional and psychological health if left unchecked. The desire to control everything at all times, in a ...

When psychologist Lewis Terman launched his decades-long study of high-IQ children in 1921, he had a specific goal in mind: to prove that “gifted” people were born leaders, and superior in just about ...

Schools have generally been working hard to meet the special educational needs of an array of students — those with learning disabilities, those learning English, those with behavioral issues and ...

As educators work to make gifted and talented education more equitable, one researcher is drawing attention to a student group that is particularly underrepresented in programs for advanced learners: ...

There are many commonalities among kids who were intellectually or academically advanced. In my practice, I get a lot of highly verbal, high-achieving, and/or intellectual clients, which I can ...

Second grade is a big year for testing – not just for reading and math, but also for potential learning disabilities and services like gifted education. About 8% of Alabama children are identified as ...

There are many strong opinions about the right way to raise and educate a gifted child, and very little agreement among educators, psychologists, researchers, parents and students on the best ways to ...

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