Gifted Education

PBS NewsHour (May 25, 2004) Please select 'Streaming Video' to watch the show. John Merrow continues his series on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act with a look at the law's effects on school programs for gifted students.

Genius School

ABC News - Nightline (June 5, 2007)

Facing the Challenges of Growing Up Gifted

NPR - (June 27, 2008) Unlike most folks people her age (or older), Chelsea Dock has performed on the piano at Madison Square Garden, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Chelsea is only twelve years old; she started performing at the age of six. She, her father, and an expert take us inside the lives of child prodigies. We hear from Chelsea, Warren Dock (her father), and Donna Ford, professor of education at Vanderbilt University, where she studies gifted African-American and minority children.

Jake: Math prodigy proud of his autism

60 Minutes (January 15, 2012) At age two, Jake Barnett was diagnosed with autism and his future was unclear. Now at age 13, Jake is a college sophomore and a math and science prodigy. Jake says his autism is key to his success. Morley Safer reports.

Mozart of Chess: Magnus Carlsen

60 Minutes (February 19, 2012) Demolition, not defeat, is the goal of 21-year-old Magnus Carlsen. No, he's not a boxer, not a wrestler. Rather, Magnus is the top chess player in the world, and he takes it on like an athlete. First, there's the tough physical workouts to prepare himself for the tough mental workout of competition. And then there's the attitude. Magnus, who comes from a nice Norwegian family, tells Bob Simon: "I enjoy it when I see my opponent really suffering, when he knows that I've outsmarted him." But really, he's a nice guy - an athlete and fashion model in addition to being the top-ranked chess player in the world. Bob Simon profiles Magnus Carlsen.

 Taylor Wilson, Nuclear Prodigy

CNN - (June 10, 2012) Taylor Wilson is an applied nuclear physicist. A recent graduate of Davidson Academy, a school for profoundly gifted kids in Reno, Nevada, Wilson has been captivated by nuclear energy and nuclear power since he was 10 years old.

 Mini Mozart: 7-Year-Old Girl a Musical Prodigy

ABC NEWS - (October 23, 2012) World's newest musical genius, Alma Deutscher, composes her own opera at the age of 7.