School districts have historically relied on a referral-based process to identify students for gifted and talented programming. This means that teachers or parents nominate their students to take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Rep. Brenda Shields, R-St. Joseph, presents the first bill to be debated by the Missouri House Feb. 3, 2026. Her legislation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Lawmakers in the Missouri House are expected to approve a new round of legislation this week, including a ...

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 ...

An indepth look into the ways that DeKalb County students are identified for the district’s gifted program has resulted in changes that have made the process more inclusive. According to Dr. Norman ...

A bill requiring public schools to screen all students to determine if they qualify for gifted education by the time they reach the third grade passed the Missouri House on a 142-8 vote Monday. It ...

Apolonio “Polo” Trejo has made it his personal calling to help teachers better recognize “invisible characteristics” of gifted young students. Trejo, a bilingual educator and professor at Our Lady of ...

A bill advancing to the Missouri Senate would require all public schools in the state to conduct universal gifted testing for students before third grade.

Source: Jenny Grant Rankin, Ph.D. I loved being in the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program as a kid (abbreviated as GT in many states). Bearing this label in elementary school gave me ...