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#873: Private and charter school teachers are thriving, with Paul DiPerna

Paul DiPerna Michael J. Petrilli Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. David Griffith, Ph.D.
6.7.2023
 

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Paul DiPerna of EdChoice joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the results from the EdChoice survey on teacher satisfaction and wellness across the district, charter, and private school sectors. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber discusses a study that investigates the negative long-term effects of Reading Recovery.

Recommended content:

  • “Where are teachers thriving?”—Mike McShane
  • “Teacher job satisfaction rebounds from last year’s low. But there’s still a ways to go” —Education Week
  • The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Henry May et al., Long-Term Impacts of Reading Recovery through 3rd and 4th Grade: A Regression Discontinuity Study, Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (May 2023)

Feedback Welcome:

Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Jeanette Luna at [email protected].

Policy Priority:
Quality Choices
School Choice
Topics:
Charter Schools
Private School Choice
Teachers & School Leaders

Paul DiPerna is vice president of research and innovation for EdChoice. 

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, executive editor of Education Next, editor in chief of the Education Gadfly Weekly, host of the…

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Amber Northern is senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s robust research portfolio and…

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David Griffith is the National Research Director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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