Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNational 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…
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 2 weeks 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…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
An Education State of the Union | Episode 1000 of The Education Gadfly Show
Season 20 Episode 1000
This week, we’re marking a major milestone—Episode 1,000 of The Education Gadfly Show. Instead of focusing on a single topic, we’re branching out for…
8 months ago
The good, the bad, and the best research of 2025 | Episode 999 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 999
This week, Mike Petrilli looks back at the highs and lows of education reform in 2025 as we wrap up our final episode of the year.
Then, on the Resear…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth? | Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 998
This week, we’re joined by Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat’s Ideas editor, to unpack whether college enrollment is truly declining—or whether the national nar…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Moving from science of reading laws to science of reading success | Episode 996 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 996
This week, we’re joined by Wonkathon winner Eric Tucker—CEO and president of The Study Group—to talk about his first-place entry on what it will take…
9 months ago
How AI is reshaping what kids need to learn | Episode 995 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 995
This week, Mike Petrilli returns for a solo episode to dig into artificial intelligence—not classroom tools or teaching tips, but the big-picture imp…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s at stake if federal oversight of IDEA weakens? | Episode 994 of The Education Gadfly Show
This week, we’re joined by longtime special education advocate Elizabeth Yancy Bostic to discuss what could happen for students with disabilities if …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The leaky college pipeline for high-achieving, low-income students | Episode 993 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 993
This week, we’re joined by Ohio State’s Stéphane Lavertu, author of Fordham’s new study, The Leaky Pipeline: Assessing the college outcomes of Ohio’s…
10 months ago