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What Teens Want From Their Schools: A National Survey of High School Student Engagement
Among high school students who consider dropping out, half cite lack of engagement with the school as a primary reason, and 42 percent report that they don’t see value in the schoolwork they are asked to do.
John Geraci, Maureen Palmerini, Pat Cirillo, Victoria McDougald 6.27.2017
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Education Gadfly Show #844: An ode to overly-optimistic teachers, with Seth Gershenson
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Seth Gershenson, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 11.1.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #843: Halloween a week early with NAEP results in
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 10.25.2022
NationalPodcast
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Education Gadfly Show #842: Industry-recognized credentials aren’t living up to their potential
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Quentin Suffren, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 10.18.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #841: Good news for a change: Most states appear to be spending their ESSER dollars wisely
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Carissa Miller 10.11.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #840: The state of state education reform
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Jennifer Alexander 10.4.2022
NationalPodcast
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Education Gadfly Show #838: Was the charter sector too slow to reopen schools for in-person learning?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, M. Karega Rausch, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 9.21.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #836: How should schools handle any Covid waves this school year?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., John Bailey 9.6.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #835: The expanding partisan gap on K-12 education
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David M. Houston 8.30.2022
NationalPodcast
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Education Gadfly Show #834: Whether industry-recognized credentials benefit high schoolers
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Matt Giani 8.23.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #833: Are we witnessing the end of education reform?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 8.16.2022
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Education Gadfly Show #832: Removing barriers to the classroom in the face of a (possible) teacher shortage: Yes or no?
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Heather Peske 8.10.2022
NationalPodcast
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The Education Gadfly Show #831 Resurfaced: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools
Michael J. Petrilli, David Griffith, Brian Gill 8.2.2022
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