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The Education Gadfly Show: Trends in public opinion on choice, testing, and teacher salaries

Michael J. Petrilli Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Martin West
9.4.2019
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On this week’s podcast, Martin West, Harvard professor and editor-in-chief of Education Next, joins Mike Petrilli to discuss the results of Ed Next’s annual survey of public opinion. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether video technology can improve teacher evaluations.

Amber’s Research Minute

Thomas J. Kane et al., “Can Video Technology Improve Teacher Evaluations? An Experimental Study,” Education Finance and Policy (April 2019).

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Charter Schools
Private School Choice
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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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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Martin West is a Harvard professor and editor-in-chief of Education Next.

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