After years of relying on a single controversial test at age 4 for admission to their gifted programs, New York City schools are about to embark upon a new way to identify gifted students. The city’s ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Department of Education (DOE) will administer its Gifted & Talented exam for the last time this spring, city officials announced. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City education panel rejected a testing contract for the administration of the controversial Gifted & Talented exam this spring — an exam offered to students as ...

Members of a citywide education panel opposed to a plan to move forward with a controversial gifted and talented exam this year are frustrated over what they described as backroom dealing and ...

The Mayor, First Lady, & Chancellor at a school (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) Last week, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza announced that they will administer the controversial and ...

New York City education officials said eliminating the test for four-year-olds to get into Gifted & Talented kindergarten programs has resulted in more slots for children from low-income communities.

A Queens City Councilman is calling for the reinstatement of the Gifted and Talented entrance exam in the wake of schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s abrupt resignation last week. In a letter to ...