Center for Talented Youth

The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is a gifted education program for school-age children founded in 1979 by psychologist Julian Stanley at Johns Hopkins University. It was established as a research study into how academically advanced children learn and became the first program to identify academically talented students through above-grade-level testing and provide them with challenging learning opportunities. CTY offers summer, online, and family programs to students from around the world and has nearly 30,000 program enrollments annually. CTY is accredited for students in grades K to 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
CTY published the "Imagine" magazine that provided educational opportunities and resources and student-written content for middle and high school students. The magazine was discontinued in June 2018.
Publicity.
Former CTY executive director Elaine Tuttle Hansen (2011-2018) was interviewed by National Public Radio and published on the Opinion-Editorial pages of "The Chronicle of Higher Education", "The New York Times", and "The Baltimore Sun".
In July 2004, CTY was featured in an article in "The New Yorker".
In 2006, the camp was shown in an hour-long CNN special on gifted children.
Notable alumni.
Notable CTY alumni include: