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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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High-achieving middle and high schoolers gain from latest NYC ed reform

Chester E. Finn, Jr., Brandon L. Wright 10.6.2022
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Rural gifted children are being neglected: An interview with Paula McGuire

Brandon L. Wright 9.13.2022
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Pre-pandemic, more U.S. students were excelling in math

Brandon L. Wright 8.31.2022
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Gifted education is (hopefully) a work in progress in America’s largest school district

Brandon L. Wright 8.17.2022
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An interview with Janet Kragen, who taught gifted education for four decades

Brandon L. Wright 8.3.2022
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Balancing equity and excellence in selective high schools

Brandon L. Wright, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Evan Glazer 7.20.2022
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