Being deemed a “gifted” child can be a blessing and a curse. It can be a great confidence booster to hear you’re excelling in school and that your teachers see a bright future ahead of you. But it can ...

Our relationship with the "smartest kid" in school was always a little complicated. As the business psychology site Workology points out, we have a tendency to both admire and resent overachievers.

But just because music education doesn’t make kids smarter in school, doesn’t mean it isn’t important. There’s more to life – and even school – than being ‘smart’ Learning an instrument or learning to ...