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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. 

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Fordham’s top 10 stories of 2023

Brandon L. Wright 12.21.2023
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How an early college program in Arizona’s poorest city changes lives: An interview with Homero Chavez

Brandon L. Wright 12.18.2023
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How Washington State passed a universal-screening law: An interview with Austina De Bonte

Brandon L. Wright 11.6.2023
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One cheer for New York City’s efforts on advanced education

Brandon L. Wright, Daniel Buck 10.3.2023
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More NAEP losses for high achievers—and how to reverse them

Brandon L. Wright 6.27.2023
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High-achieving middle schoolers fare poorly in U.S. history and civics, finds NAEP, but that’s nothing new

Brandon L. Wright 5.5.2023
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