Join Us for an Update on The Excellence Gap!
This Thursday, education policy leaders will be gathering in New York for a public discussion on our nation’s Excellence Gap. America’s low-income students often lack equal access to our country’s Gifted and Talented programs, but the resulting inequity remains off-the-radar for many of our country’s leaders. Inspired by the Cooke Foundation’s report, “Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students,” this event will focus on current efforts and recommendations for closing the Excellence Gap.
Tickets for the public are already sold out, but you can join the conversation by watching the livestream and by tweeting using the hashtag #ExcellenceGap during the event. The livestream will be available at this link: http://livestream.com/roosevelthouse/the-excellence-gap.
Spaces are available for media representatives; RSVP to media@jkcf.org.
Meet the panelists:
Moderator
- David Steiner
Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy
Discussants
- Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Jennifer Giancola, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Co-author, “Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities” - Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D.
Endowed Professor of Education Leadership, University of Connecticut
Co-author, “Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities” - Amy Lynne Shelton, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Center on Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Associate Dean for Research, School of Education, Johns Hopkins University
Final Remarks
- Harold O. Levy
Executive Director, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
To learn more about the Excellence Gap and find out how your own state was graded, explore these resources from the Cooke Foundation:
- “Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities” Fact Sheet
- “Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities” Executive Summary
- State Report Cards
- Best Practices & State Strategies
Excellence Gap in the news:
- Education Week, “Gifted Education for Underrepresented Students Gets $4 Million Federal Boost“
- The Wall Street Journal, “Young, Gifted Students Facing a Gap“
- EdCentral, “Building Momentum for Postsecondary Success“
- Education Next, “Ed Next Book Club: Failing Our Brightest Kids“
- The Atlantic, “Tackling Inequality in Gifted-and-Talented Programs“