Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#771: Same old, same old: How districts are spending federal relief dollars (so far) - 05/26/21
On this week’s podcast, Chad Aldeman, policy director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discus…
5 years, 5 months ago
#770: Hooray for Florida’s new school choice legislation - 05/20/21
On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the potential impact of an…
5 years, 5 months ago
#769: Should we break up behemoth school districts? - 05/12/21
On this week’s podcast, Howard Husock, adjunct scholar in Domestic Policy Studies at AEI, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss his new r…
5 years, 5 months ago
#768: Debating Biden’s universal pre-K plan - 05/05/21
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli, Checker Finn, and David Griffith discuss President Biden’s proposal for universal preschool. On the Research M…
5 years, 6 months ago
#767: The fight to get kids back in class five days a week - 04/28/21
On this week’s podcast, Clarice Schillinger, founder of Keeping Kids in School PAC, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss her experience …
5 years, 6 months ago
#766: The U.S. Department of Education’s puzzling take on testing in 2021 - 04/21/21
On this week’s podcast, Dale Chu, Mike Petrilli, and David Griffith discuss the Biden Administration’s flawed decision-making on testing waivers. On …
5 years, 6 months ago
A victory for charter school funding in Oklahoma - 04/14/21
On this week’s podcast, Chris Brewster, president of the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discus…
5 years, 6 months ago
The pandemic’s silver lining: School choice victories in statehouses nationwide - 04/07/21
On this week’s podcast, John Schilling, president of the American Federation for Children, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss a string…
5 years, 7 months ago
Good news on instructional materials - 03/31/21
On this week’s podcast, Eric Hirsch, founding executive director of EdReports, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how teachers are inc…
5 years, 7 months ago
Accelerating learning post-pandemic - 03/24/21
On this week’s podcast, David Steiner, executive director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith…
5 years, 7 months ago