Michael J. Petrilli Colin Sharkey David Griffith Olivia Piontek
9.9.2020

On this week’s podcast, Colin Sharkey, executive director of the Association of American Educators, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the state of teachers unions two years after Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case that prevents unions from charging agency fees to non-members. On the Research Minute, Olivia Piontek examines how well elementary school test scores predict high school outcomes.

Amber's Research Minute

Dan Goldhaber, Malcolm Wolff, & Timothy Daly, “Assessing the Accuracy of Elementary School Test Scores as Predictors of Students’ High School Outcomes,” CALDER Working Paper No. 235-0520 (May 2020).

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Policy Priority:
Quality Choices
Topics:
Accountability & Testing
Teachers & School Leaders

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, editor in chief of the…

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Colin Sharkey

Colin Sharkey is executive director of the Association of American Educators.

David Griffith is Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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Olivia Piontek was a development associate for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she manages Fordham’s grants, oversees progress on and assists in strategy creation for meeting internal and external goals, and facilitates communication between Fordham staff and funders. Piontek also plays a key role in planning and managing all Fordham events. Hailing from Missouri, she earned her master’s in public affairs from the…

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