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Return on Investment in Higher Education (with Preston Cooper)
There’s a popular narrative according to which the financial benefits of going to college aren’t what they once were. College is increasingly unaffor…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Did the Pandemic Change Schooling? (with Brian Jacob)
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Brian Jacob about the ways in which the pandemic changed the grammar of schooling. Nat and…
1 year, 9 months ago
State Leadership and the Mississippi Miracle (with Carey Wright)
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Carey Wright about her tenure as State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi and the …
1 year, 9 months ago
Best Of: Katharine Birbalsingh on Michaela
Note: This episode originally aired in June 2023.
What does a good school look like? How does a good school operate? What does a good school do differ…
1 year, 10 months ago
Did ESSER Work? (with Dan Goldhaber)
During the pandemic, the federal government sent $190 billion in ESSER relief funding to America’s schools. Among other things, ESSER was intended to…
1 year, 10 months ago
Phonics, Comprehension, and Disciplinary Literacy (with Timothy Shanahan)
Over the past couple years, the education world has seen a renewed push for phonics instruction, often called “the science of reading.” But how scien…
1 year, 11 months ago
John W. Boyer on Campus Protests, Free Expression, and the University of Chicago
In the spring, campuses saw a wave of protests erupt over the war in Gaza. These protests, along with the controversial ways in which universities ha…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sal Khan on AI Lessons from the Past Year
In March of 2023, shortly after Khan Academy launched Khanmigo, its AI tutor and teaching assistant, Sal Khan came on the podcast to discuss Khanmigo…
2 years ago
Mark Schneider on IES
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Mark Schneider, who recently finished up his six-year tenure as Director of the Institute …
2 years ago
Pete Etchells on Screens and Mental Health
Are smartphones and social media bad for kids’ mental health? According to a number of recent books, articles, and op-eds, the answer is an emphatic …
2 years, 1 month ago