The Education Gadfly Show: A blueprint for reopening schools

Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith, Ph.D. John Bailey Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Paul von Hippel

5.6.2020

On this week’s podcast, John Bailey, visiting fellow at AEI, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss AEI’s new Blueprint for Back to School. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern and special guest Paul von Hippel, associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, talk about Paul’s recent work on year-round school calendars and their many effects, including those on summer learning and achievement.

Amber's Research Minute

Paul T. von Hippel, "Year-Round School Calendars: Effects on Summer Learning, Achievement, Parents, Teachers, and Property Values," retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (February 2020).

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Teachers & School Leaders

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…

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, …

John Bailey is an advisor to the Walton Family Foundation and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He previously served in the White House, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Department of Education.

Amber Northern is senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s robust research portfolio and…

Paul von Hippel is an associate professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.