Since ChatGPT was introduced in late 2022, it’s been embraced by college professors for its ability to tailor instruction, earned a passing score on sections of the bar exam, and even completed freshman year at Harvard University with a 3.34 GPA. While AI-powered large-language models are already transforming higher education, many K-12 educators are still grappling to understand the role this new technology might play in the classroom. Concerns that the technology will weaken students’ critical thinking skills and encourage them to cheat have led some K-12 school districts to restrict or ban the use of AI.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth welcomed students back to the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus this summer for two three-week sessions. Homewood is one of eight day and residential CTY sites across the U.S. academic courses to advanced elementary, middle, and high school students.

Recent CTY research has found that new academic content and novel learning approaches and delivery are essential to engaging and challenging bright students through out-of-school learning opportunities. 

This research was featured on the Hub, Johns Hopkins University's news website.

Recent research from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth published in Gifted Child Today found that advanced learners are engaged by new academic content and novel learning approaches.

Hundreds of Baltimore City elementary students who participate in the CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholars program were honored at Johns Hopkins University for their dedication as advanced learners on Saturday, May 27, 2023.