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achieved
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Winning the world’s largest science fair. Writing and
performing a musical about saving the Chesapeake
Bay. Transforming a hobby into a career. Creating
new programs to help bright urban students achieve
in high school and beyond.
CTYers are smart, motivated, complex, interesting people. They come to us
brimming with intelligence, curiosity, and promise, and we help develop their
talents. Then they go out into the world and achieve great things.
Today the achievement of our brightest students matters more than ever before.
CTY is committed to nurturing the talents of young scholars from around the
world. Developing extraordinary talent isn’t an elitist movement to help the
fortunate few; it’s a question of equity and access.
Research shows that focus on low-achieving students in U.S. public schools over the
past decade has disproportionately left more talented minority and low-income kids
behind. In a 2010 policy study “Mind the (Other) Gap! The Growing Excellence
Gap in K-12 Education,” data collected by researchers at Indiana University
showed smaller gains for minority and low-income students at the higher levels
of achievement, creating an “excellence gap.”
The existence of such gaps, the researchers write, “raises doubts about the success
of federal and state governments in providing greater and more equitable educational
opportunities, particularly as the proportion of minority and low-income students
continues to rise.”
CTY is working to bridge this gap by providing the most able students from all
neighborhoods, income levels, and ethnic backgrounds with inspirational instructors,
challenging ideas, and a stimulating environment where they can learn and grow
alongside their peers.
All children deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential and achieve their dreams.
CTY partnered with the Johns Hopkins School
of Education and the Peabody Institute this summer
for CAMP SOAR, a four-week pilot program at the
East Baltimore Community School. First- through
fourth-graders engaged in course work in reading,
math, music, dance, environmental science, and
engineering and participated in hands-on learning
opportunities, including writing and performing
a musical about saving the Chesapeake Bay.
The Center’s NEW SUMMER PROGRAMS SITE
IN SEATTLE drew 360 students over two sessions this
summer. Located on the campus of Seattle University,
this is CTY’s first residential summer program site in
the Pacific Northwest.
CTY student and Julian C. Stanley Study of
Exceptional Talent (SET) member Jack Andraka made
international headlines in May when he took the top
prize at INTEL’S 2012 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING FAIR for inventing a new
noninvasive test to detect pancreatic cancer. His
achievement was the focus of stories by media outlets
including National Public Radio, the Wall Street
Journal, and the BBC.
CTY COLLEGE COUNSELING, launched in April
2012, offers individualized college counseling services
that provide the personalized attention, tools, and advice
students need to achieve their college admissions goals and
continue on their path to making their mark on the world.
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