The Lang School, NYC, NY

The Lang School offers gifted and twice exceptional (2e) learners in grades K through 12 a STEM- and STEAM-driven education informed by the ethics, poetics, and universal questions of the humanities. Our specially trained gifted and special education teachers dually differentiate the content and delivery of our standards-based academics in small classes of no more than 12 students. Our pedagogy dovetails rigorous, accelerated academics and integrated, research-based supports. As a result, we meet each student where they are in their trajectory of learning. Our capstone Talent Development Program nurtures a sense of purpose by identifying and deepening areas of interest and strength, transforming native promise into talent, and facilitating early specialization and the acquisition of professional-level skills and commitment.  

We pride ourselves on our innovative model to gifted education, as it embraces the full set of social-emotional and intellectual needs unique to this subset of learners. The Lang School is a supportive gifted education that develops resilience, flexibility, strong problem solving skills, failure tolerance, and self-advocacy. For most people, the school years are about fitting in, while adulthood is about standing out. For gifted and 2e learners, standing out comes early. At Lang, through the nurturing of purpose, passion, and talent, exceptionality is not only recognized but celebrated.