The Education Gadfly Show #775: The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History

Michael J. 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…

Jeremy A. Stern is an independent historian, history education consultant, and writer. He earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University and he publishes and speaks on both historical and educational topics. Dr. Stern was the lead reviewer for the Fordham Institute’s The State of State U.S. History Standards 2011, and has produced and consulted on history content for other educational organizations including The College…

David Griffith is the Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on a variety of subjects, in addition to co-hosting the Institute's weekly podcast The Education Gadfly Show. A native of Portland, Oregon, David holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Pomona College and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown…

Chester E. Finn, Jr., scholar, educator and public servant, has devoted his career to improving education in the United States. At Fordham, he is now Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus. He’s also a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.

Finn served as Fordham’s President from 1997 to 2014, after many earlier roles in education, academe and government. From 1999 until 2002, he was John M.…