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Brandon L. Wright

National
Editorial Director

Brandon Wright is the Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is the coauthor or coeditor of three books: Failing our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), Charter Schools at the Crossroads: Predicaments, Paradoxes, Possibilities (with Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Bruno V. Manno), and Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck (edited with Frederick M. Hess). His writing has appeared in places like the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, U.S. News, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, National Review, Newsweek, Education Next, Education Week, Phi Delta Kappan, the Journal of School Choice, and dozens of state newspapers. He holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. He lives with his wife and two children in Southeast Michigan. 

Authored Commentary & Research

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High Expectations

America’s high achievers are doing surprisingly well on PISA

Brandon L. Wright 9.24.2026
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High Expectations

Should we use genetics to understand high-potential, low-income students? These researchers think it’s worth trying.

Brandon L. Wright 7.16.2026
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America’s high achievers are stuck

Brandon L. Wright 7.2.2026
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High Expectations

AI makes human writing more valuable—and changes how schools should teach it

Brandon L. Wright 3.19.2026
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High Expectations

Society is exploiting teen vulnerability and undermining education

Brandon L. Wright 3.12.2026
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Quality Choices

The role of private school choice in a morally fractured age

Brandon L. Wright 3.5.2026
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