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Center for Talented Youth
Meeting of the minds
Published May 28, 2018
Experts in gifted education discuss the groundbreaking research started at Hopkins in the 1960s and continuing in many forms today
Carl Wieman
Undergraduate education
Nobel laureate touts 'active' science learning
Published May 28, 2018
Stanford physicist Carl Wieman speaks at event hosted by Second Commission on Undergraduate Education
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Report: Support lacking for low-income, high-ability students
Published May 28, 2018
Johns Hopkins researchers issue report card for states on gifted education
Robert Slavin and Jonathan Plucker
Two education scholars recognized
Published May 28, 2018
Robert Slavin, Jonathan Plucker included on list of 200 whose work is shaping U.S. educational policy, practice
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Education
Helping gifted students thrive
Published May 28, 2018
In NPR podcast, Jonathan Plucker discusses how to help bright kids make the most of their academic abilities
Three BEAM students work on a math problem with their instructor
Center for Talented Youth
Bridging the math gap for low-income students
Published May 28, 2018
Program prepares middle school students for college level math so they can pursue STEM majors
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Q+A
New dean charts fresh course for Education
Published May 28, 2018
Christopher Morphew joined JHU Aug. 1 from University of Iowa College of Education
Science of Learning
What learning research looks like
Published May 28, 2018
About 150 educators take part in first-ever Science in Action Day at Johns Hopkins
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STEM Education
Making room for spatial learning
Published May 28, 2018
Science of Learning Institute pilot program will introduce spatial learning—a factor in STEM success—into third-grade curriculum
Education
Study: Black teachers make a difference
Published May 28, 2018
Low-income black students are more likely to graduate and express an interest in college if they have a black teacher, Hopkins economist finds