Podcast Episodes

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…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

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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…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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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…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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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…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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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…

11 months, 1 week ago

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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 …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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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…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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The collapse of graduation standards | Episode 992 of The Education Gadfly Show

Episode 992

This week, Fordham’s President Emeritus Checker Finn joins the show to unpack a troubling trend—the collapse of graduation standards—and why it matte…

1 year ago

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Redesigning school staffing for student success | Episode 991 of The Education Gadfly Show

This week, we’re joined by Bryan Hassel, co-president of Public Impact, to discuss how redesigning school staffing—through models like Opportunity Cu…

1 year ago

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How the Left can learn to love gifted education | Episode 990 of The Education Gadfly Show

Episode 990

This week, Mike Petrilli flies solo to discuss New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to eliminate gifted education in the early g…

1 year ago

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