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The Education Gadfly Show #770: Hooray for Florida’s new school choice legislation

Michael J. Petrilli Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. David Griffith, Ph.D. Doug Tuthill
5.20.2021
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On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the potential impact of and lessons from Florida’s new school choice expansion. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how users engage with professional learning that takes place online.

Amber's Research Minute

Jane Lee, Taren Sanders, Devan Antczak, Rhiannon Parker, Michael Noetel, Philip Parker, & Chris Lonsdale, "Influences on User Engagement in Online Professional Learning: A Narrative Synthesis and Meta-Analysis," Review of Educational Research (March 9, 2021).

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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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A lifelong educator and former teacher union president, Doug Tuthill is president of Step Up For Students, a state-approved nonprofit scholarship funding organization that helps administer five scholarships for Florida schoolchildren. Step Up For Students empowers families to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their children, with an emphasis on families who lack the information and financial resources to access these options.

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