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Andrew Scanlan

National
Research and Policy Associate

Andrew Scanlan was a research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Growing up in Ireland, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a B.A. in European Studies before spending two years living in Honduras working as a second grade classroom teacher and school administrator for Bilingual Education for Central America (BECA). Following this, he earned an M.A. in International Child Studies from King's College London, with a focus on children’s rights, education, and child migration.

He is co-author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.) of Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement, published by Princeton University Press in September, 2019.

Authored Commentary & Research

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High Expectations

The Role of Advanced Placement in Bridging Excellence Gaps

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 2.11.2020
NationalPolicy Brief
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High Expectations
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Standards & Accountability

Everything we know about teacher effectiveness

Andrew Scanlan 10.11.2019
NationalFlypaper
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Personalized Pathways

AP: Great for gifted high schoolers

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 10.9.2019
NationalFlypaper
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High Expectations

Why has AP succeeded when so many other reforms have failed?

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 9.18.2019
NationalFlypaper
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High Expectations

Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 9.17.2019
NationalBook
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Personalized Pathways

Can AP ease Gotham’s selective-high-school deadlock?

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Andrew Scanlan 8.21.2019
NationalFlypaper

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