The Woodrow Wilson School and the Educational Testing Service collaborate on a photo essay on achievement gaps in New Jersey’s 30 Abbott School Districts. The photography of Randall Hagadorn illustrates the continuing challenges we face to give every child an opportunity for an equal education. 

Randall Hagadorn has been a professional photographer for over 40 years. His images have appeared in Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the original Life magazine, as well as every major daily U.S. newspaper. Hagadorn has created photographs for more than 75 Fortune 500 Corporations and major foundations. His work received a Best in Show award from the New Jersey Press Association and a Bronze Anvil from The Public Relations Society of America, an annual award for the single outstanding special publication by a corporation or institution in America.

The Woodrow Wilson School will present a public panel discussion titled “The Promise of Abbott v. Burke" at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. The focus of the discussion will be on the implications of the New Jersey court decision on school funding. Panelists will include Thomas Corcoran, Visiting Lecturer of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School and Director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at Columbia University; Nathan Scovronick, Director of the Woodrow Wilson School’s Undergraduate Program and lecturer of public and international affairs; and Deborah Yaffe, journalist and the author of "Other People's Children: The Battle for Justice and Equality in New Jersey's Schools." Stanley Katz will moderate. A reception will immediately follow the discussion.