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<div class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The Thomas B. Fordham
Institute and the Ohio Association for Gifted Children invite you to join us
for a presentation and panel discussion about high-quality gifted education for
Ohio's brightest students. </span></i></div>







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<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Gifted students are our future
engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, and job creators; as such, we will depend
on them to keep our state competitive with the rest of the country--and the
world. Few would dispute this assertion, and few would disagree that putting
them on the right path begins in childhood. Despite this, the majority of these
students aren't receiving the education they need in order to reach their full
potential. Learn more about the state of gifted education in Ohio and how to
improve it at <i>Educating Our Brightest: Improving Gifted Education to Boost
Ohio’s Prosperity and Success. </i></span></div>







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<div class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Educating Our Brightest: </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Improving Gifted Education to Boost Ohio’s Prosperity
and Success </span></i></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"></span></div>







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<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Wednesday, March 20 · 7:30 to 9
AM* </span></div>







<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Columbus Museum of Art · 480 E.
Broad Street </span></div>







<div class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Presentation by: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></div>







<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Chester E. Finn, Jr.,
President, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute </span></div>







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<div class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Panel Discussion: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></div>







<div class="Default" style="margin-bottom:1.7pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Chad Aldis, Parent of three gifted students </span></div>







<div class="Default" style="margin-bottom:1.7pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Marty Bowe, Superintendent, Perry Local School
District </span></div>







<div class="Default" style="margin-bottom:1.7pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bill Hayes, Ohio House of Representatives </span></div>







<div class="Default" style="margin-bottom:1.7pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Ann Sheldon, Ohio Associated for Gifted
Children </span></div>







<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Jennifer Smith Richards, Reporter, The
Columbus Dispatch (moderator) </span></div>







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<div class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">To register or for more
information: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></div>







<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Jeff Murray: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue">jmurray@edexcellence.net </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">or 614-223-1580 <br>


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<div class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">This event is free of charge
and open to the public. </span></div>







<div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">*A light
breakfast will be served.</span></i></div>
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