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#950: The best and worst of ed reform in 2024, with Checker Finn
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Checker Finn, Fordham’s p
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#949: Building positive school cultures, with Philip K. Howard
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Philip K.
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Governance
#948: School choice setbacks: Interpreting the referenda losses with Colleen Hroncich
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Colleen Hroncich, a policy analyst with the Cato
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#947: MCAS no more: High school in the post-exit-exam era, with Jim Peyser
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jim Peyser, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joi
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Governance
#946: Is there hope for education reform after the election? with Dale Chu
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Dale Chu, a senior visiting fellow at the Fordham Institute
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#945: What happened when Tennessee colleges dropped remedial courses, with Jill Barshay
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jill Barshay, author of The Hechinger Report’s
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Advanced Education
#944: More equitable advanced education programs, with Brandon Wright
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Brandon Wright, Ford
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Governance
#943: How 20,000 parents view educational opportunity in America, with Marc Porter Magee
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, M
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Evidence-Based Learning
#942: The case for supply-side policies in career and technical education, with David Deming
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcas
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Governance
#941: Inside Denver’s education transformation, with Parker Baxter
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Parker Baxter, Director
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#940: Navigating accountability for education savings accounts, with Devon Nir
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Devon Nir, a research assistant at the Thomas B.
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#939: What to do about underenrolled and underachieving schools? with Sofoklis Goulas
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Sofo
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#938: The disappointing results of high-dosage tutoring, with Michael Goldstein
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Michael Goldstein,
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#937: Is universal free lunch a good idea? with Paul Bruno
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Paul Bruno, an assistant professor of educ
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#936: How socioeconomic factors explain achievement gaps, with Eric Hengyu Hu and Paul L. Morgan
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, SUN
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Charter Schools
#935: How the charter sector can thrive under Trump or Harris, with Starlee Coleman
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Starlee Coleman, newly named President and CEO of the Natio
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#934: Reducing chronic absenteeism: Building trust versus getting tough, with Kelly James
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Kelly James, a partner at Education First Consulting a
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#933: The nuts and bolts of banning cellphones in schools, with Othiniel Mahone
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Othiniel Mahone, th
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Accountability & Testing
#932: Yes, AP exams are getting easier, with Checker Finn
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Fordham’s Checker Finn joins Mike and David to discuss the changes in how the College
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Accountability & Testing, School Finance
#931: No, school closures aren’t racist, with Vlad Kogan
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Vlad Kogan, a professor at Ohio State University, joins Mike and David to discuss what ro
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Accountability & Testing
#930: What Vance and Harris mean for federal education policy, with Dale Chu
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Dale Chu, a senior visiting fellow at the Fordham Institute, joins M
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School Finance
#929: Equity and school closures, with Francis Pearman
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Francis Pearman, an assistant professor of education at Stanford University, joins Mike an
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Accountability & Testing
#928: Why the pandemic toddlers are struggling in school, with Kristen Huff
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Kristen Huff, the vice president of assessment and research at Curric
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School Finance
#927: How to shrink schools and school districts as enrollment declines, with Marguerite Roza
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Marguerite Roza, the director of the Edunomics La
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Evidence-Based Learning
#926: What “Young Sheldon” teaches about parenting, with Alina Adams
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Alina Adams, a New York Times best-selling author, joins Mike and Dav
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Curriculum & Instruction
#925: We need more curriculum oversight, with Robert Pondiscio
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at Fordham and the American Enterprise Institute
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Evidence-Based Learning
#924: How presidents polarize education debates, with David Houston
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, David Houston, an assistant professor at George Mason University, joins Mike
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School Finance
#923: Debating school funding inequities, with Alex Spurrier
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Alex Spurrier, an associate partner at Bellwether, joins Mike and David to discuss w
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Career & Technical Education
#922: Redesigning high school diplomas, with Dr. Katie Jenner
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Dr.
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Evidence-Based Learning, Curriculum & Instruction
#921: Rethinking reading comprehension instruction, with Daniel Buck
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Daniel Buck, Fordham’s policy and editorial associate, joins Mike and David