Session 5: Invisible Millions: What Can Be Done for High- Achieving Low-Income Students?

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This presentation and panel discussion will focus on what can be done for the millions of high-achieving students from the bottom economic half. In the first 15 minutes, Mr. Wyner will introduce the Foundation’s research and provide an overview of the data on high-achieving low-income youth around the country. The panelists will describe their work and consider the strategies for helping this population as part of the larger context of education reform. Panelists and attendees will discuss the specific needs of low-income high-achieving students and the education reform implications.

Presenters:
Joshua Wyner, Executive Vice President, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Lansdowne, VA
LaMont Toliver, Director of the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore City
Earl Martin Phalen, Co-Founder and CEO, Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL), Dorchester, MA

Strand 1: K-12 Improvement