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Back to SearchShould 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 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 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, 1 month ago
#979: Is too much democracy hamstringing our schools? with Vlad Kogan
Episode 979
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Vlad Kogan—professor and director of undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University—joins us to discuss his…
1 year, 1 month ago
#978: Mike on the mic: Regulation in school choice programs
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Mike returns for another solo episode, reflecting on the role of regulation in school choice—is it stifling inn…
1 year, 1 month ago
#977: New law, new questions for school choice, with Brian Jodice
Episode 977
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Brian Jodice, National Press Secretary for the American Federation for Children joins us for a lively debate on…
1 year, 1 month ago
#976: A new hub for smarter education policy, with Doug Harris
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Doug Harris, director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), join…
1 year, 2 months ago
#975: Mike on the mic: On “discrimination” and demagoguery
Episode 975
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike flies solo to reflect on what’s happening across the education reform landscape—from the private s…
1 year, 2 months ago
#974: The Risks of the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jon Valant
Episode 974
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jon Valant —director of the Brown Center on Education Policy and a senior fellow in Governance Studies …
1 year, 2 months ago
#973: Debunking the teacher experience myth, with Linda Darling-Hammond and Anne Podolsky
Episode 973
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Linda Darling-Hammond and Anne Podolsky of the Learning Policy Institute—authors of our latest Think Ag…
1 year, 2 months ago