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Michael J. Petrilli

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President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States, editor in chief of the Education Gadfly Weekly, and host of the Education Gadfly Show podcast. 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 and Follow the Science to School. An expert on charter schools, school accountability, evidence-based practices, and trends in test scores and other student outcomes, Petrilli has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, 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 and the Policy Innovators in Education Network. He serves on the advisory boards of the Association of American Educators, MDRC, and the 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

“Because equity” is not a good reason to lower standards

Michael J. Petrilli 3.7.2023
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High Expectations

The true enemy of equity

Michael J. Petrilli 1.19.2023
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High Expectations

Teachers should replace “the soft bigotry of low expectations” with “the suspension of disbelief”

Michael J. Petrilli 12.8.2022
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High Expectations

With affirmative action before the Supreme Court, here’s the state of diversity among high achievers

Michael J. Petrilli 11.17.2022
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Quality Choices

Charter schools complicate the narrative on Covid shutdowns and learning loss

Michael J. Petrilli 10.27.2022
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High Expectations

Could NAEP affect midterm elections? And other questions about next week’s release.

Michael J. Petrilli 10.20.2022
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