The Education Gadfly Show: Biden’s relief bill will cut child poverty in half. What’s not to like?

On this week’s podcast, Scott Winship, resident scholar and director of poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the expanded and fully refundable child tax credit that’s included in President Biden's Covid-19 relief bill—and why it should give conservatives pause. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how special education affects the odds that students with disabilities face school discipline.

Amber's Research Minute

Sarah Hurwitz, Emma D. Cohen, & Brea L. Perry, “Special Education Is Associated With Reduced Odds of School Discipline Among Students With Disabilities,” Educational Researcher 50 (March 2021).