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The Education Gadfly Show: Hard evidence on charter schools and district finances

Michael J. Petrilli Mark Weber David Griffith, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
2.11.2021
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On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith are joined by Mark Weber, a special analyst for education policy at the New Jersey Policy Perspective, to discuss the new report he authored for Fordham, Robbers or Victims? Charter Schools and District Finances. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines a poll of parents’ opinions on Covid-19 and their children’s’ schooling.

Amber's Research Minute

Morning Consult, “Gen Pop National Polling Presentation,” EdChoice (January 2021).

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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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Mark Weber is the Special Analyst for Education Policy with the New Jersey Policy Perspective and a lecturer at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Education, where he earned his Ph.D. Weber also works as a music teacher in Warren Township, NJ. His policy work includes many peer-reviewed papers and policy briefs, concentrating on charter schools,…

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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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