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Michael J. Petrilli

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President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Mike Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer, he is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma, editor of Education for Upward Mobility, and co-editor of How to Educate an American. Petrilli has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg View, and Slate, and appears frequently on television and radio. Petrilli helped to create the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement, the Policy Innovators in Education Network, and, long, long ago, Young Education Professionals. He serves on the advisory boards of the Association of American Educators, MDRC, and National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland.

For media inquiries, please email Victoria McDougald. For all other meetings, please contact Jeff Murray. 

Authored Commentary & Research

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High Expectations

An ode to elementary schools

Michael J. Petrilli 4.15.2021
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High Expectations

How districts and charter networks can best address unfinished learning

Michael J. Petrilli 3.25.2021
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Personalized Pathways

How elementary schools can address unfinished learning through personalization

Michael J. Petrilli 3.11.2021
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Personalized learning for the wee ones in the wake of the pandemic, Part I

Michael J. Petrilli 3.4.2021
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High Expectations

Biden’s soft touch might be the only hope for schools in blue districts to reopen

Michael J. Petrilli 2.18.2021
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High Expectations

Massive student loan forgiveness would be a lost opportunity to help needy Americans

Michael J. Petrilli 2.11.2021
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