Lawmakers in the Missouri House are expected to approve a new round of legislation this week, including a measure that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an ongoing controversy in America regarding the optimal age to test a child for entry into public school ...

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: ...

After a change in the law last year, Missouri could once again see efforts to expand the number of gifted programs in the state.

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 ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — The Joplin School District is changing up how it identifies its best and brightest. “We are trying to take that guesswork out. We’re trying to ensure that there’s not a kid that’s missed ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... About a decade after schools in Colorado started using universal testing to identify students who are gifted, white students and those from higher ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. I went to high school at age 11. Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes ...