Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCan 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…
7 months, 1 week ago
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…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
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.…
8 months ago
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…
8 months, 1 week ago
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…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
National School Choice Week: Why “school choice” matters—and where ESAs fit | Episode 1003 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1003
This week on The Education Gadfly Show, we’re marking National School Choice Week with a conversation with Shelby Doyle of the National School Choice…
9 months ago
Education Savings Accounts: Boffo or bonkers? | Episode 1002 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1002
This week on The Education Gadfly Show, Mike Petrilli goes solo. After recently playing ESA skeptic at an international school choice conference, Mik…
9 months, 1 week ago
Is tutoring the next big thing? | Episode 1001 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1001
This week, we’re joined by Liz Cohen, vice president of policy at 50CAN, to discuss her book, The Future of Tutoring. Mike and David ask her some tou…
9 months, 2 weeks ago