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No Gifted Child Left Behind?  First, the good news: It turns out, millions of kids from low-income families are acing standardized tests. Now, the bad news...
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Research & Reports

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Achievement Trap
How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower Income Families
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Threading the Needle
Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States
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Opening Doors
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is working to expand opportunity for high-achieving, lower-income community college students to attend the nation’s most selective colleges and universities. 

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Media Coverage

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Lawrence Kutner: Passing
it on
Washington Business
Journal
September 25, 2009

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Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship
Hickory Daily Record
August 31, 2009

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Once a homeless "wild child," single mother Lalita Booth is well on her way to Harvard University
St. Petersburg Times
July 19, 2009

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Grad Scholar Stars in "Rachel Getting Married" 
The Morning Call
October 8, 2008
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Ahmad Ali Lewis isn't a Typical Stanford Undergrad - Nor is he a Typical Rapper
Los Angeles Times
August 19, 2008
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Educational Excellence Gives Sisters Bright Futures
San Diego Union-Tribune
June 15, 2008

The Best and Worst of Both Worlds
The Washington Post
June 8, 2008

Heading to the Ivy League: Scholarship, Aunt's Care Help Detroiter Pursue Dream
The Detroit News
June 6, 2008

Smart and Bored
Scholastic Instructor
March/April 2008
 

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