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Back to SearchTFA, Gen-Z, and AI | Episode 989 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 989
This week, Aneesh Sohoni, CEO of Teach for America, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss TFA’s impact in the classroom and beyond, why teaching…
1 year ago
Beyond test scores: Debating how to measure school quality | Episode 988 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 988
This week, Fordham’s president emeritus Checker Finn and Laura Hamilton of the Center for Assessment join us for a polite debate on whether school qu…
1 year, 1 month ago
Joyful classrooms, but zero public transparency: Inside an ESA micro-school | Episode 987 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 987
This week, Chandler Fritz, author of Harper’s Magazine’s cover story The Homemade Scholar, shares what he discovered when teaching in an ESA-funded m…
1 year, 1 month ago
On the negative NAEP news, and the real reason screen time is hurting student learning | Episode 986 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 986
This week, Mike Petrilli digs into the latest NAEP results—and explores whether the rise of smartphones and social media might help explain them. It’…
1 year, 1 month ago
School choice, regulation, and Democrats’ defense of public schools, with Ashley Jochim | Episode 985 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 985
Ashley Jochim, principal at the Center on Reinventing Public Education and mom of four, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith on the Education Gadfl…
1 year, 1 month ago
Innovation, regulation, and school choice, with Mike McShane | Episode 984 of The Education Gadfly Show
Mike McShane, Director of National Research for EdChoice, joins us on the Education Gadfly Show to debate tradeoffs when it comes to regulation and i…
1 year, 1 month ago
Managing district budgets during uncertain times, with Jonathan Travers | Episode 983 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 983
ERS president and managing partner Jonathan Travers joins Mike Petrilli on The Education Gadfly Show to talk about school district budgeting during u…
1 year, 2 months ago
Should all state-funded schools take state standardized tests? | Episode 982 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 982
On this week’s solo episode, Mike shares his thoughts on whether it’s ever okay to let schools opt out of state standardized tests and use nationally…
1 year, 2 months ago
Education policy and climate change | Episode 981 of The Education Gadfly Show
Episode 981
This week, Matthew Kraft, professor of education and economics at Brown University, joins The Education Gadfly Show to discuss the intersection of ed…
1 year, 2 months ago
#980: Can education reform help Democrats win again? with Ben Austin
Episode 980
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Ben Austin, Founding Director of Education Civil Rights Now, joins us to discuss why the Democratic Party lost …
1 year, 2 months ago