Honors and accelerated classes have long been a staple in high schools across the United States, providing opportunities for high-achieving students to challenge themselves academically and prepare ...

Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...

Will gifted-and-talented school programs still exist in five years? Controversy has ramped up around the longtime practice of providing accelerated classes for selected students. Racial-justice ...

Two of the best predictors of whether a student will take advanced classes are the parents’ income and their ZIP code. But Schenectady schools Superintendent Laurence Spring is trying to change that.