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Brandon L. Wright

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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. 

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America's abandoned smart kids

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 10.21.2015
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Ed Next Book Club: Failing Our Brightest Kids

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright, Michael J. Petrilli 10.9.2015
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The bright children left behind

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 9.30.2015
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Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 9.15.2015
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Education was shortchanged in the GOP debate

Brandon L. Wright 8.7.2015
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Scott Walker quotes about education

Brandon L. Wright 7.13.2015
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