Podcast Episodes

How Alabama turned the page on reading achievement | Episode 1040 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1040

Education journalist Liana Loewus joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss her new Fordham report, Studying the Southern Surge: How Alabama …

1 day, 7 hours ago

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State mandates: How much is too much? | Episode 1039 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1039

It’s another Mike Petrilli solo episode of The Education Gadfly Show, and this week he’s tackling some big questions about state education mandates a…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Texas-sized paychecks for great teachers | Episode 1038 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1038

They say everything’s bigger in Texas, but does that include teachers’ paychecks? Mary Lynn Pruneda, director of education and workforce policy at Te…

2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Are portfolio districts the future—or the past? | Episode 1037 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1037

Kevin Shafer, president of City Fund, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss efforts to expand access to high-quality public schools acros…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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School discipline: A new rulebook (again) | Episode 1036 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1036

Kimberly Richey, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to talk about the l…

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Family structure, school choice, and a mother’s regrets | Episode 1035 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1035

Ian Rowe, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones’s recent reflections on her …

1 month ago

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AI in schools: Ban it or embrace it? | Episode 1034 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1034

Mike Petrilli is back on the mic solo this week to weigh the case for and against banning AI in schools. He considers growing concerns about cheating…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Too much tech, too little learning? | Episode 1033 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1033

Brian Fitzpatrick, research manager at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss his new report, High Tech, …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Head Start needs reforming, not dismantling | Episode 1032 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1032

Programming note: The Education Gadfly Show is taking a short end-of-summer break next week. We’ll be back with a new episode after Labor Day on Wedn…

2 months ago

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Did the college-for-all backlash go too far? | Episode 1031 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1031

Mike Petrilli is solo once again to revisit the college-for-all debate and consider whether the backlash has become an overcorrection. He considers t…

2 months, 1 week ago

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