The Education Gadfly Show: Millennial parents and education reform
On this week’s podcast, Kristen Soltis Anderson, pollster and co-founder of Echelon Insights, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what millennial parents think about education. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how Florida’s tax credit scholarship program has affected participants’ college enrollment and degree attainment.
How Texas's automatic-college-admission policies affected underserved students' choice of college
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.By Amber M. Northern
There's a lot to like about Stacey Abrams, but her opposition to school choice isn't one of them
Erika SanziBy Erika Sanzi
Here's where the education reform devilish details on classroom practice should start
By Kalman R. Hettleman
How schools of choice respond to emails about prospective students who may be harder to educate
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.By Amber M. Northern
The Education Gadfly Show: Teacher strikes, Democrats, and ed reform
On this week’s podcast, Shavar Jeffries, President of Democrats for Education Reform, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what teacher strikes and Democratic presidential candidates’ support for them mean for education reform. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether efforts to boost academic achievement in kindergarten hinder the development of social-emotional skills.
Seeking a culture of improvement
Michael J. PetrilliIf this era is to become a Golden Age of Educational Practice, we need successful, evidence-based practices—to the extent that they actually exist—to spread far and wide.
Grade inflation is rampant, but accreditors can help
By Jeremy Noonan
Thinking about classroom practice: Five ideas for ed reformers
Robert PondiscioBy Robert Pondiscio
Identifying and encouraging students to earn industry-recognized credentials
Sophie SussmanBy Sophie Sussman
The Education Gadfly Show: The state of choice during National School Choice Week
On this week’s podcast, Mike Magee, CEO of Chiefs for Change, and Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, join Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss National School Choice Week and the many hopeful developments on the charter schools front nationwide. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether schools of choice (both traditional and charter) “skim” students they perceive to be easier to educate or avoid those perceived harder to educate.
What options do students have in areas where private school choice proposals were defeated?
The Education GadflyThe Education Gadfly
Advanced content, academic achievement, and social-emotional outcomes in kindergarten classrooms
Jessica PoinerBy Jessica Poiner
Practicing humility when it comes to evidence-based practice
Michael J. PetrilliBy Michael J. Petrilli
The Education Gadfly Show: School choice’s hopeful new year
On this week’s podcast, Lindsey Burke, a director at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to explain why school choice is poised to have a good 2019, despite its many headwinds. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the relationship between automatic-college-admission policies and the college preferences of low- and high-income students.
ESSA seeks a well-rounded education. Louisiana seeks partners to explore new measures.
While the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gave states the opportunity to broaden and deepen their visions of what makes for an excellent education, researchers and states have both struggled to design measures and systems that take meaningful steps in that direction. Most of us would agree that primary grade literacy, knowledge of U.S.