Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Jeremy Tate
8.21.2019
 

On this week’s podcast, Jeremy Tate, CEO of the Classic Learning Test, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what classical learning is and why it’s important. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether popular children have an outsized influence on their peers.

Amber’s Research Minute

Timothy Malacarne, “The Popular Kids Don’t Matter: Centrality and Influence on Adolescent Behavior,” Sociological Enquiry (July 2019).

Policy Priority:
Quality Choices
Topics:
Accountability & Testing

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…

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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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Jeremy Tate is CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT).

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