Selected Media

Publications

Lost Einsteins: How Illinois Fails to Identify Too Many of its Brightest Minds, The Excellence Project, 2021 

Accelerate Illinois: Matching Student Placement in Courses with their Capacity to Learn, Untapped Potential Project, 2017

Too Many School Districts Forgo Acceleration and Leave Bright Students Behind, High Flyer, March 8, 2017

Every Student Succeeds Act: Gifted Education Policy Brief, One Chance Illinois/Illinois Association for Gifted Children, 2016

Untapped Potential, One Chance Illinois, 2016

Trapped in Chicago’s Worst Schools: Education Outcomes in Chicago’s Lowest-Performing Public Schools, Illinois Policy Institute, 2013

Interviews and Mentions

Early Kindergarten, Grade Skipping: Chicago Considers New Options for Gifted Children, Block Club Chicago, May 2, 2019

Chicago School Board Votes to Request a One-Year Delay for Gifted Access Plan, August 28, 2018

Bloomington Private Schools Aided by Public Scholarships, WGLT, August 27, 2018

The Illinois Accelerated Placement Act Wants to Maximize Students’ Potential, Illinois Public Radio, July 30, 2018

New State Law Gives Students the Chance to Move Ahead in School, Northern Public Radio, July 30, 2018

Go Ahead of the Class,  Illinois Public Media, July 30, 2018

The ABCs of Illinois’ New Private School Scholarships, Tax Credit Program, WTTW, January 4, 2018

Stark Differences in Black and White Enrollment for District 150 Gifted Programs, Peoria Journal Star, April 23, 2016

Low-Income Students Left Out of Illinois Gifted Programs – Report, The Chicago Reporter, March 22, 2016

Legislative Testimony

Colorado Senate Education Committee 2/23/2017
Accelerated Placement Act – House Committee Hearing
Untapped Potential Act – House Committee Hearing
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