Michael J. Petrilli Chester E. Finn, Jr. David Griffith, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
10.21.2021
 

On this week’s podcast, Checker Finn joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss last week’s worrisome NAEP results. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether stricter high school math requirements in the Nation at Risk era boosted college STEM attainment.

Amber's Research Minute

Ning Jia, "Do stricter high school math requirements raise college STEM attainment?," Economics of Education Review (August 2021). 

Policy Priority:
High Expectations
Topics:
Accountability & Testing

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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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 Volker Senior Fellow at…

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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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