Podcast Episodes

College or career? The credential tradeoff | Episode 1013 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1013

Jay Plasman of The Ohio State University joins the Education Gadfly Show to discuss Fordham’s latest report on industry-recognized credentials—and wh…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

View Episode

AI in schools: Promise or pitfall? | Episode 1012 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1012

Jean-Claude Brizard, president and CEO of Digital Promise, joins the Education Gadfly Show to discuss the promise—and the pitfalls—of artificial inte…

5 months, 1 week ago

View Episode

Too many A’s, not enough honesty? | Episode 1011 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1011

Bibb Hubbard, founder and CEO of Learning Heroes, joins the Education Gadfly Show to discuss grade inflation and the disconnect between what parents …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

View Episode

Can we agree on teacher diversity? | Episode 1010 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1010

Mike Petrilli takes a solo turn to tackle teacher diversity, a topic at the center of today’s debates over DEI. Should schools recruit teachers whose…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

View Episode

Can schools keep up with AI? | Episode 1009 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1009

Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins the Education Gadfly Show to discuss the rapid evolution of artificial inte…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

View Episode

What the fadeout effect means for testing, accountability, and school choice | Episode 1008 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1008

Drew Bailey, professor at the University of California, Irvine, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the fadeout effect across education interv…

6 months ago

View Episode

When state curriculum lists go bad | Episode 1007 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1007

Karen Vaites, founder of The Curriculum Insight Project, joins us to discuss the evolving debate over curriculum reviews and state adoption policies.…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

View Episode

Mike gives easy A’s a big ole F | Episode 1006 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1006

This week on The Education Gadfly Show, Mike Petrilli goes solo to talk about grade inflation—what it means, how it’s changed over time, and why toug…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

View Episode

Can states build coherent early childhood systems? | Episode 1005 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1005

This week on The Education Gadfly Show, we’re joined by Elliot Regenstein, partner at Foresight Law + Policy and author of Readiness: Preparing State…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

View Episode

Success stories shouldn’t be a secret | Episode 1004 of The Education Gadfly Show

Season 20 Episode 1004

This week on The Education Gadfly Show, we’re joined by Karin Chenoweth, founder of Democracy and Education and author of Schools that Succeed, to ta…

7 months ago

View Episode