The Education Gadfly Show: Is it time to reform discipline reform?

Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith, Ph.D. Adam Tyner, Ph.D.

7.31.2019

On this week’s podcast Mike Petrilli speaks with David Griffith and Adam Tyner about school discipline reform in America, and their new Fordham study of educators’ views on the issue.

David Griffith and Adam Tyner, Discipline Reform through the Eyes of Teachers, Thomas B. Fordham Institute (July 2019).

Policy Priority:

High Expectations

Topics:

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…

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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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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.

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