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A cartoon of a teacher teaching two students with the help of AI.
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers explore how AI could shape student learning
Published Oct 22, 2025
A new study reveals the strengths and pitfalls of incorporating chatbots into classrooms as a 'co-tutor'
CTY students walk across the Homewood campus
K-12 Education
Deep dives into favorite topics this summer at CTY
Published Sept 3, 2024
The Center for Talented Youth held summer programs on 10 campuses across the U.S., hosting more than 4,500 academically advanced students
CTY instructor Jack Bartholomew and students in his Investigations in Engineering course begin designing their spaghetti bridges in JHU’s Krieger Hall this summer.
Center for Talented Youth
A summer of learning and fun
Published Aug 18, 2023
After years of pandemic closures, the Center for Talented Youth built back this summer with robust programming at eight sites in Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York, and California
CTY Baltimore Emerging Scholar Bixby Coleman, a third grader at Patterson Park Elementary School, wore a Pi-themed dress to the program’s year-end celebration
K-12 Education
Baltimore students celebrate the end of the year with CTY
Published June 6, 2023
Students and their families attended a celebration on the Homewood campus marking the end of a fruitful year of academic exploration through the Baltimore Emerging Scholars Program
Students build a car together out of Lego-like bricks
Education
Novelty is essential to keeping bright learners engaged this summer
Published May 23, 2023 Video
Recent research from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth finds that advanced learners are engaged by new academic content and novel learning approaches
Amy Shelton
Amy Shelton named next CTY director
Published Sept 14, 2022
Shelton, an expert in cognitive psychology and a Hopkins faculty member since 2002, previously served as CTY's interim director from 2019-2020
Virginia Roach
CTY director discusses equity in education, support for advanced learners
Published Feb 4, 2022
Virginia Roach explores how her career, personal experiences have shaped her approach to equity during episode of The Caring Economy podcast
CTY students in a classroom
Center for Talented Youth
CTY's new social justice courses empower students to spark change
Published Aug 23, 2021
The curriculum for academically advanced pre-college learners is part of an overarching antiracism initiative launched by the center
A boy plays chess outdoors
Center for Talented Youth
Virtual CTY courses foster teamwork, social connections
Published Feb 18, 2021
New CTY offerings aim to give kids the camaraderie they are missing while school and extracurricular activities are put on hold during COVID-19
Sabrina Diaz works at her home laptop
Online learning
Center for Talented Youth enrollment skyrockets after school closures
Published Aug 20, 2020
Enrollment in CTY's Online Programs has more than doubled since schools closed due to COVID-19, and vital in-person programs have been adapted for dynamic virtual learning