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Narrowing the gifted gap for disadvantaged students

February 1, 2018
THE HIGH FLYER post is by Chester E. Finn, Jr., Distinquished Senior Fellow and Presidenet Emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and Amber M. Northern, Sr. Vice President for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Every American school has talented students. It's time to start acting like we believe that.

Jonathan Plucker
February 1, 2018
The new Fordham Institute report, Is There a Gifted Gap?, gave me a lot of food for thought this week. Let’s start with some important positives: Although gifted education research is in many ways thriving, attention to policy research has been woefully underdeveloped, and this study is a major contribution to filling that void.

Is There a Gifted Gap? New Report Makes Clear the Need for Universal Screening of Gifted Children

January 31, 2018
A newly released report, Is There a Gifted Gap?, by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute sheds further light on the many challenges gifted students from underserved populations face in being identified and served.  

Creating Change

January 29, 2018
Today, the Washington Senate is holding a hearing on a new bill,

How our school systems fail bright, disadvantaged students like DeAnthony

January 25, 2018
THE HIGH FLYER post is by Timothy Daly, a Founding Partner of EdNavigator.

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