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 ...

Existential anxiety and giftedness seem to go hand in hand, which makes sense if you think of giftedness as, at least in part, a preoccupation with problem-solving. Death and life’s meaning are the ...

When news broke late last week that behemoth education company Pearson had bungled the scoring of standardized tests used for admissions to gifted education programs in New York City, it united Gotham ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Intelligence provides evidence that different aspects of parents’ intelligence, education, and personality may influence the cognitive abilities of gifted ...

On this encore episode of The Pulse: 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 ...

A parent’s frustration over a school mix-up has struck a chord online after a letter incorrectly informed them that their daughter was “not quite” gifted—despite test scores that appeared to say ...

Testing young children for “giftedness” has a long history, but experts say there’s not much science to back the process. Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

There are tens of thousands of intellectually gifted children in primary and secondary schools across the country. Most ...

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. Missouri schools would be required to conduct gifted ...

Sir, – The Government’s proposed reform of the Assessment of Need process, aimed at reducing long waiting lists for children’s disability services, risks solving one problem while quietly creating ...