Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#962: Replacing DEI with something better, with Richard Kahlenberg
Episode 962
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Richard Kahlenberg, author of Class Matters: The Fight to Get Beyond Race Preferences, Reduce Inequalit…
1 year, 5 months ago
#961: How “No Excuses” charter schools went off the rails, with Steven Wilson
Episode 961
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Steven Wilson, senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute, joins Mike to discuss his new book The Lost Deca…
1 year, 5 months ago
#960: Why Secretary McMahon shouldn’t waive federal testing requirements, with Charles Barone
Episode 960
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Charles Barone, Senior Director of the Center for Innovation at the National Parents Union, joins Mike …
1 year, 5 months ago
#959: Are GPAs the key to measuring school quality? with Jing Liu and Seth Gershenson
Episode 959
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jing Liu (University of Maryland) and Seth Gershenson (American University), authors of our latest repo…
1 year, 6 months ago
#958: Louisiana’s NAEP gains and the power of a strong curriculum, with John White
Episode 958
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, John White, former Louisiana superintendent of education and current CEO of Great Minds PBC, joins Davi…
1 year, 6 months ago
#957: DOGE, IES, and the future of education research
Episode 957
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike and David discuss what’s really going on with DOGE, including its cuts to IES research grants and …
1 year, 6 months ago
#956: How schools can manage deportation fears, with Delia Pompa
Episode 956
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Delia Pompa, Senior Fellow for Education Policy at MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Polic…
1 year, 6 months ago
#955: Critical race theory: The student perspective with Brian Kisida
Episode 955
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Brian Kisida, Associate Professor at the Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University…
1 year, 7 months ago
#954: Should America prioritize its struggling students? with Tim Daly
Episode 954
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Tim Daly, CEO of EdNavigator, joins Mike and David to discuss whether America should refocus its effort…
1 year, 7 months ago
#953: From Biden to Trump: Rank punditry, with Rick Hess
Episode 953
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike an…
1 year, 7 months ago