BUFFALO, NY (CNN/WKBW) — A teenager in Buffalo, New York spent over 10 hours cleaning up his community after a long night of protests last week, and received a new car from a complete stranger.

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New York decides which 4-year-olds should be designated “gifted.” Many experts think that’s too young. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll look at the continuing challenges that ...

Linnea Van Eman, the gifted education coordinator for the Tulsa school district, sees too many gifted students who simply don’t have the language skills to show what they can do. The 36,000-student ...

Were you one of those kids with the "gifted" label? Maybe you did a test, or went through a series of workshops, or had a few meetings with parents and teachers, and came out the other side with your ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article about gifted education was produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 1 ...

Psychologists who study gifted children are familiar with the following scenario: A child is referred to their school psychologist because of "behavioral problems in the classroom," problems that ...