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The Education Gadfly Show: The end of education policy?

David Griffith, Ph.D. Chester E. Finn, Jr. Chad L. Aldis
11.20.2018

On this week’s podcast Chester E. Finn, Jr., Chad Aldis, and David Griffith discuss whether we’ve reached the “end of education policy.” On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how same-race teachers affect students’ long-term educational outcomes.

Amber’s Research Minute

Seth Gershenson et al., “The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers,” National Bureau of Economic Research (November 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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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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Chad Aldis joined the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in 2013 and is the institute’s Vice President for Ohio Policy. Aldis plans and leads Fordham’s Ohio policy, advocacy, and research agendas. In this role, he has been deeply involved in many…

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