Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Brandon L. Wright Daniel Buck Adam Tyner, Ph.D.
8.19.2021
 

On this week’s podcast, Daniel Buck, a teacher and Fordham’s newest senior visiting fellow, joins Amber Northern and Brandon Wright to discuss the importance of a strong curriculum, the inherent value in school choice, why he teaches, and more. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines the connection between college applicants’ essay topics and their household incomes and SAT scores.

Amber's Research Minute

AJ Alvero et al., “Essay Content is Strongly Related to Household Income and SAT Scores: Evidence from 60,000 Undergraduate Applications,” Center for Education Policy Analysis (April 2021).

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Policy Priority:
Quality Choices
Topics:
Curriculum & Instruction
Private School Choice
Teachers & School Leaders

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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Brandon Wright is the Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is the coauthor or coeditor of three books: Failing our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), Charter Schools at the…

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Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck is a research fellow a the American Enterprise Institute, where he is also the director of the Conservative Education Reform Network. Before, he was an assistant principal at a classical charter school, an English teacher, the author of What Is Wrong with Our Schools?,…

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Adam Tyner was a member of the Fordham Institute's national research team from 2017 to 2025. In 2025 he became executive director of the Oklahoma Center for Education Policy at the University of Oklahoma.

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