Podcast Episodes

Inside the Department of Education (with Kirsten Baesler)

The Department of Education has said it is trying to return education to the states, but what does that mean for the federal role in education and fo…

9 hours ago

What Harvard's New Grade Inflation Policy Gets Wrong (with Scott Duke Kominers)

Recently, Harvard faculty voted to push back on grade inflation at the institution by capping the proportion of A’s given to students at 20%. But acc…

2 weeks ago

A Rising Tide in Alabama (with Eric Mackey)

Historically, many didn’t consider Alabama to be at the forefront of education, but Alabama’s pandemic recovery may be among the best in the nation.

P…

4 weeks ago

Education and the Second Trump Administration, 471 Days In

Although the Trump administration’s efforts to reform education might not be making national headlines quite as often as they did one year ago, a lot…

1 month, 1 week ago

What Can AI Replace in Higher Education? (with Hollis Robbins)

This podcast has covered AI in K–12 education a fair amount, but how will and how should AI change higher education?

Should any human instructors be r…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Best Of: Eva Moskowitz on Success Academy

Note: This episode originally aired in April 2025.

On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of Su…

2 months, 1 week ago

The Effects of Grade Inflation (with Jeff Denning)

Recently, there has been a lot of handwringing over grade inflation both at the higher education and K–12 levels, but how big of a problem actually i…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mathematical Flexibility and Teaching Middle School Math (with Jon Star)

Math is one of the subjects that gets the most attention in American education, but how well do we actually understand what good math instruction sho…

3 months ago

Lee Bollinger on Universities and the Trump Administration

Over the past year, the Trump administration has rewritten the playbook for how Washington interacts with higher education, especially elite universi…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Making of America’s Schools: From Revolution to Civil War (with Johann Neem)

To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, The Report Card will be releasing a few episodes on the history of American education—both to discuss how…

4 months ago