The Johns Hopkins Universtiy Center for Talented Youth is accepting registration for this year’s CTY Talent Search. The search identifies, assesses, and recognizes students with exceptional mathematical and/or verbal reasoning abilities.
Based on test results, students may qualify for participation in CTY s summer or online courses, the CTY language immersion program, or the CTY Civic [...]
Academic Talent Search
Posted 23 September 2009 by Deb Kohnstamm
Tags: gifted
Tags: gifted
Failing Our Geniuses
The U.S. spends $8 billion each year on programs for the mentally retarded, but not even 10% that amount on the gifted. As this article in Time asserts, “it can’t make sense to spend 10 times as much to try to bring low-achieving students to mere proficiency as we do to nurture those with [...]


