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Ohio HALO report cover
Report
11.5.2025
Advanced Education

The Leaky Pipeline: Assessing the college outcomes of Ohio’s high-achieving low-income students

Stéphane Lavertu

Our latest report sheds light on the academic trajectory of high-achieving, low-income (HALO) students in Ohio. They have demonstrated their potential to reach college and use it as a springboard to the American dream. Yet due to the widespread neglect of their talents, our education system allows too many of them to fall through the cracks.

Ohio HALO report cover
Report
9.28.2021
Advanced Education

Ohio’s Lost Einsteins: The inequitable outcomes of early high achievers

Scott Imberman

Too often, high-achieving students get lost in the shuffle in debates about improving education for all. Yet to keep the U.S. and Ohio competitive on a global scale, we need to nurture a next generation of inventors, scientists, and business leaders.

Policy Brief
9.27.2018
Advanced Education

Policy Brief: Gifted Education in Ohio

Jessica Poiner

In the realm of education, much attention is paid to making sure that all students reach a minimum level of achievement. Raising the performance of those who struggle academically is a worthy and necessary goal.

Commentary
9.1.2016
Advanced Education

Starting the school year on a positive note: Five key suggestions for parents

The new school year is on the horizon, and you’re already feeling somewhat apprehensive. You know that transitions are a challenge for your gifted child— whether it’s a new school, a new grade level, a new teacher, or all of the above. You want to make sure that your child’s new teacher understands that your gifted child has learning needs that differ from others.

Commentary
4.10.2014
Advanced Education

The Icarus Syndrome: Why Do Some High Flyers Soar While Others Fall?

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

Why do many high-achieving students struggle to sustain their academic performance over time? Eric Parsons, an economist at the University of Missouri, takes a crack at finding the answer—and unearths a paradox. In this study, he follows a single cohort of high-performing students in Missouri from grade 3 through grade 9 to see which school factors influence their academic success.

Commentary
1.9.2014
Advanced Education

Who Rises to the Top? Early Indicators

Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.

Nearly three decades ago, 320 students below the age of thirteen took the SAT math or verbal test and placed in the top 1 in 10,000 for their math- or verbal-reasoning ability (some called them “scary smart”).

Commentary
1.2.2014
Advanced Education

Status quo has got to go

The Education Gadfly

The appointment of former educator and experienced administrator Carmen Fariña as the new chancellor of New York City’s one-million-student public school system has been met with cautious optimism from several fronts, spanning from those who hope she will

Commentary
12.19.2013
Advanced Education, Charter Schools

Losing out on big potential

The Education Gadfly

Earlier this week, the New York Times featured an editorial on gifted education, noting that even our best students were in the middle of the pack in the recent PISA results.

Commentary
5.29.2013
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education

Standing athwart the Internet, yelling Stop!

The Education Gadfly

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation last week that places a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago and directs a state commission to study the effects and costs of virtual charters.

Commentary
5.1.2013
Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education

Pearson crosses a line

Kathleen Porter-Magee

It’s open season on Pearson, the corporation everyone loves to hate—but this time, though they have crossed a serious line, far too many state leaders and reformers are holding their fire

Commentary
4.10.2013
Charter Schools, Curriculum & Instruction, Advanced Education

Failing the gifted—and everyone else

The Education Gadfly

The Obama administration’s budget proposal was late to the par