Notes from the Backpack: A PTA Podcast

How Schools Can Challenge All High Achievers


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From supplemental instruction to grade skipping, there are options when it comes to challenging our most advanced learners, but these opportunities can be hard to access. Brandon Wright, editorial director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute joins the show to share best practices in gifted education and what families can do if their child would benefit from a more advanced curriculum.

  • Explore the Fordham Institute’s Report Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners
  • Read Failing Our Brightest Kids by Brandon Wright & Chester Finn
  • Learn more from Brandon by following him on social media at @BWrightEd or subscribing to his substack here

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