The ongoing progress of advanced education (a.k.a. "gifted" education) in America.
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Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and editor and lead writer of our "Advance" Substack that monitors the progress of advanced education (a.k.a. “gifted” education) in America.
I've published 19 books, including 2 NY Times best-sellers. My writing career has just reset to Square 1. This is the story of me trying to rebuild - yet again. Come for the struggles, stay for the laughs. I promise lots of laughs!
Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, executive editor of Education Next, and a contributor at Forbes.com.
Meredith Coffey is a research associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a graduate student in education policy at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, Meredith earned a PhD in English and taught for six years in public high schools.
Jonathan Barazzutti is an Honors Economics student at the University of Calgary and a writer on education, metascience, and social science topics.
Renu Mukherjee is a Ph.D. candidate in political science and a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. She lives in Washington, D.C., where she's on a quest for the best Indian food that The District has to offer.
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