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The Education Gadfly Show #777: O-H-I-O: School reform victories in the Buckeye State

Michael J. Petrilli Chad L. Aldis David Griffith, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
7.8.2021
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O-H-I-O: School reform victories in the Buckeye State

On this week’s podcast, Chad Aldis, Fordham’s vice president for Ohio policy, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the big ed reform victories this past legislative session on private school choice, charter schools, and accountability. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how parents use education savings accounts.

Amber's Research Minute

Michelle L. Lofton and Martin F. Lueken, "Distribution of Education Savings Accounts Usage Among Families: Evidence from the Florida Gardiner Program," retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (June 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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Chad Aldis joined the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in 2013 and is the institute’s Vice President for Ohio Policy. Aldis plans and leads Fordham’s Ohio policy, advocacy, and research agendas. In this role, he has been deeply involved in many…

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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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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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