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The Education Gadfly Show: Educational pluralism

David Griffith, Ph.D. Adam Tyner, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
12.19.2018
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On this week’s podcast, Ashley Berner, assistant professor and deputy director of the Institute for Education Policy at Johns Hopkins, joins David Griffith and Adam Tyner to discuss pluralism in American education. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the latest data on school spending, as well as high school dropout and completion rates from the Institute of Education Sciences.

Amber’s Research Minute

Stephen Q. Cornman et al., “Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2015–16 (Fiscal Year 2016): First Look,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education (December 2018).

Joel McFarland et al., “Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2018 Compendium Report,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education (December 2018).

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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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.

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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