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What rural Americans think about charter schools - 07/24/19
On this week’s podcast, Danish Shakeel, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how i…
7 years, 3 months ago
One small step for man, one giant leap for our schools? - 07/17/19
On this week’s podcast, Fordham’s own Checker Finn joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss, during the week of Apollo 11’s fiftieth anniver…
7 years, 3 months ago
While the Democratic candidates debate the past, the future of education policy is in the hands of the states - 07/10/19
On this week’s podcast, Marc Porter Magee, CEO and founder of 50CAN, joins Mike Petrilli to discuss last month’s presidential debates, and the busy l…
7 years, 3 months ago
Research, practice, and the feds - 06/26/19
On this week’s podcast, Elizabeth Albro, Commissioner of the IES National Center for Education Research, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to di…
7 years, 4 months ago
Getting wonky on the Democratic candidates’ education ideas - 06/19/19
On this week’s podcast, Conor Williams, a fellow at the Century Foundation, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the leading Democratic …
7 years, 4 months ago
Data-based decision-making is great, as long as data are not only test scores - 06/12/19
On this week’s podcast, Josh Boots, Founder and Executive Director of EmpowerK12, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how high-performi…
7 years, 4 months ago
The benefits of having a same-race teacher - 06/05/19
On this week's podcast, Seth Gershenson, an associate professor at American University and author of Fordham's latest study, Student-Teacher Race Mat…
7 years, 5 months ago
Rural schools and the urban bleed - 05/29/19
On this week’s podcast, journalist Arielle Dreher joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the struggles of rural areas to hold on to their …
7 years, 5 months ago
Education leadership’s gender imbalance - 05/22/19
On this week’s podcast, Julia Rafal-Baer, chief operating officer at Chiefs for Change, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss her organiz…
7 years, 5 months ago
Can we really transform district schools? - 05/15/19
On this week’s podcast, Donald P. Nielsen, program director of the Discovery Institute’s American Center for Transforming Education, joins Mike Petri…
7 years, 5 months ago