Episode Details

This week, Matthew Kraft, professor of education and economics at Brown University, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the intersection of education policy and climate change.

Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines whether an elite “exam school” led to better educational outcomes for its students.

Recommended content: 

On education and climate change

• Education and climate change: Synthesizing the evidence to guide future research —Matthew Kraft, Sohil Malik, and Grace Falken, Anneberg Institute EdWorkingPaper (2025)
• Does spending on school facilities raise student test scores? —Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• How school HVAC systems affect learning —Ali Schalop, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

The Research Minute

• Optimal school system and curriculum design: Theory and evidence —Glenn Ellison & Parag A. Pathak, National Bureau of Economic Research (2025)
• Threading the needle on selective enrollment public schools —Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Feedback welcome: Have ideas for improving our show? Send them to Alicia Anderson at aanderson@fordhaminstitute.org.