Articles on MLWGS Admissions & Related Research
“Maggie Walker Removes Part of Standardized Admissions Test in Move Aimed at Boosting Equity,” by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 221, 2021)
"One Building, Two Schools: The Legacy of Segregation at Maggie Walker," by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 9, 2021) (First of a Three-Part Series)
“For 20 Years, White Students Have Been Accepted Into Maggie Walker at a Rate Nearly Four Times Higher than Black Students,” by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 10, 2021) (Second of a Three-Part Series)
“Officials Pledge Progress On Equity After Governor’s Bill Falters; Another Never Got a Hearing,” by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (Oct. 11, 2021) (Third of a Three-Part Series)
Double Segregation by Race and Poverty in Virginia Schools, by G. Siegel-Hawley, K. Taylor, E. Frankenberg & K. Bridges (April 2021)
“Unpacking ‘Giftedness’ - Research and Strategies for Promoting Racial and Socioeconomic Equity” by D. Naff, G. Siegel-Hawley, A. Jefferson, M. Schad, M. Saxby, K. Haines, & Z. Lu, Virginia Commonwealth University, Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (October 13, 2020).
"About 7 of Maggie L. Walker Governor's School Students Are Black; 2 Alumna Want to Change That," by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (June 27, 2020)
"Maggie L. Walker Governor's School Waives Admissions Test Due to COVID-19; Considers Doing So Permanently," by Kenya Hunter, Richmond Times-Dispatch (October 15, 2020)
"Maggie Walker Still Struggles to Admit Blacks," by Sara Dabney Tisdale, Style Weekly (July 7, 2010)
“Maggie Walker’s Diversity Complex,” by G. Siegel-Hawley & P. Fleisher, Style Weekly, Opinion (August 12, 2009)
“Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School Final Report” by C. Callahan, T. Moon, C. Brighton, & H. Davis, National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Virginia Curry School of Education (2009)