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#875: Charter schools that help students earn college credentials, with Kevin Teasley

Kevin Teasley Michael J. Petrilli Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
6.21.2023
 

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Kevin Teasley, of the Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation, joins Mike Petrilli to discuss his charter high schools where students take dual-enrollment courses at local colleges and earn associate degrees. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber discusses a study that investigates how states’ early literacy policies affect reading and math achievement.

Recommended content:

  • “Case Study: Delivering K-16 Outcomes with K-12 Dollars” — The 74
  • “Attend These Charter Schools. Leave With College Credentials”—Rick Hess Straight Up
  • The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: John Westall and Amy Cummings, “The Effects of Early Literacy Policies on Student Achievement,” Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (June 2023)

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

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Kevin Teasley is founder and CEO of GEO Foundation, a non-profit charter management organization that operates six charter schools in Gary, Indiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving 3,100 predominantly African American and low-income students.

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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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