Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan Uncle Sam help kids read? | Episode 1023 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1023
Charles Barone of the National Parents Union joins Mike Petrilli to debate the Senate’s bipartisan READ Act. Would additional federal funding help st…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Better NAEP news than you think | Episode 1022 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1022
Mike Petrilli flies solo to discuss the latest Long-Term Trend NAEP results and why the bounce-back among nine-year-olds deserves more attention. Whi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Closures, mergers, and charter growth | Episode 1021 of The Education Gadfly Show
Patrick McAlister, principal of PM Strategies and former director of the Indianapolis Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation, and Shaina Cavazos, the…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Only pennies for advanced learners | Episode 1020 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1020
Jonathan Plucker, a research professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, and Fordham’s own Alicia Anderson, policy and editorial associate, j…
3 months ago
The state of teacher union power | Episode 1019 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1019
Melissa Arnold Lyon joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss Fordham’s new report, A Crowded Table: Teacher Union Strength in 2026, and what has ch…
3 months, 1 week ago
Should blue states opt into Trump’s education tax credit? | Episode 1018 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1018
On this week’s solo episode of The Education Gadfly Show, Mike Petrilli discusses President Trump’s Education Freedom Tax Credit, including how it wo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Arkansas make teaching great again? | Episode 1017 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1017
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the sweeping Arkansas LEARNS reforms, from early literacy and tea…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
From schools to systems: Rethinking improvement | Episode 1016 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1016
Christy Wolfe, director of K–12 policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, joins the Education Gadfly Show to discuss a new report on the American workf…
4 months ago
A Science of Reading reality check: Not there yet | Episode 1015 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1015
On this week’s episode, Mike Petrilli is joined by David Griffith and Brian Fitzpatrick to discuss Fordham’s latest report, From the Teacher’s Desk: …
4 months, 1 week ago
The “genome” of a great elementary school | Episode 1014 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1014
On this week’s solo episode, Mike Petrilli explores a big question: What would it look like to define an evidence-based model for American elementary…
4 months, 2 weeks ago