When we talk about intellectually gifted children, the debate tends to focus on one of two questions: how we detect this ...

The story of five-year-old Elias Muthomi was enthralling, if not riveting. An exceptionally high level of intellectual prowess for a kid his age. His grip on matters aviation and clarity on his career ...

Ernest Hemingway once said, "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." It appears that our culture loves the stereotype of the mentally tortured, solitary genius, working through ...

The Caldwell County Board of Education will discuss possible changes to the school system's academically gifted program at its next work session scheduled for Tuesday, June 2. The meeting begins at 8 ...

Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is ...

When psychologist Lewis Terman launched his decades-long study of high-IQ children in 1921, he had a specific goal in mind: to prove that “gifted” people were born leaders, and superior in just about ...

Most high-IQ children do not win Fields Medals or become billionaire tech entrepreneurs. Even the most banal achievements often elude intellectually precocious children when they become adults. But ...