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The Education Gadfly Show: Two years after Janus, why are teachers unions stronger than ever?

Michael J. Petrilli Colin Sharkey David Griffith Olivia Piontek
9.9.2020
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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).

The Education Gadfly Show is available on Google Podcasts, Libsyn, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, The Podcast App, PodBean, Podbay, Chartable, Castbox, and myTuner Radio.

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Teachers & School Leaders

Mike Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer, he…

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Colin Sharkey

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

David Griffith is a senior research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he helps manage a variety of projects in Fordham’s research pipeline. A native of Portland, Oregon, David holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and philosophy from Pomona College and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University. Prior to joining Fordham, he worked as a staffer for Congressman Earl Blumenauer…

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Olivia Piontek is 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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