We need to stop “gap gazing” – instead, let’s look for solutions to the achievement gap

Iheoma Iruka, formerly Director of Research and Evaluation, Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska, says we need to stop focusing on the gap in black boys’ achievement. Instead, we should think of how and why the gap is there and what we can do to eliminate it.

Editor’s note: Iheoma Iruka is now Chief Research Innovation Officer and Director of the Center for Early Education Evaluation, HighScope Educational Research Foundation.