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Edmund Gordon, Richard March Hoe Professor Emeritus of Pyschology and Education

Columbia University

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Professor Gordon is concerned with issues associated with increasing the number of high academic achieving students who come from African American, Latino, and Native American families. He is widely known for his research on diverse human characteristics and pedagogy, and the education of low status populations. He is interested in the career development of Black men who have overcome enormous odds against success to become high achievers. Recent research interests include the advancement of his concepts of "affirmative development of academic ability" and "supplementary education" both which focus on improving the quality of academic achievement in diverse learners. His current study group on the Correlates of High Academic Achievement is investigating, through several projects, personal, ecological, and institutional factors that are associated high levels of academic achievement in a variety of ethnic minority students.

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June 2006	Why do We Think We can Close Achievement Gaps?
March 2006	What Happens When Courts Make Funding Plentiful for Poor School Districts? New Jersey’s Abbott Districts