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The Education Gadfly Show: A victory for charter school funding in Oklahoma

Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith, Ph.D. Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Chris Brewster
4.15.2021
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On this week’s podcast, Chris Brewster, president of the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how a recently settled lawsuit will boost charter school funding in the Sooner State. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how math and ELA gender gaps change between childhood and young adulthood.

Amber's Research Minute

Francesca Borgonovi, Alvaro Choi, and Marco Paccagnella. "The evolution of gender gaps in numeracy and literacy between childhood and young adulthood," Economics of Education Review 82 (June 2021).

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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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Chris Brewster is president of the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association and superintendent of Santa Fe South Charter Schools in Oklahoma City.

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