#903: Reducing poverty with the child tax credit, with Angela Rachidi
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Angela Rachidi, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike to discuss whether a reformed and refundable child tax credit can reduce ...
17 Jan 202422min
#902: Reforming New York’s Regents Exams, with Ray Domanico
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Ray Domanico, the director of education policy at the Manhattan institute, joins Mike to discuss whether New York should eliminate the Regents Exams as hi...
10 Jan 202424min
#901: Charter schools just keep winning, with Debbie Veney
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Debbie Veney, a senior vice president at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins Mike to discuss the growth in the charter sector since 20...
3 Jan 202422min
#900: The best and worst of ed reform in 2023, with Checker Finn
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Checker Finn, Fordham’s president emeritus—and the original Education Gadfly—joins Mike and David to discuss the best and worst developments in education ...
20 Dec 202329min
#899: The District of Columbia’s voucher program turns twenty, with Kara Arundel
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Kara Arundel, a senior reporter at K-12 Dive, joins Mike to discuss two decades of private school choice in D.C. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber repor...
13 Dec 202322min
#898: How much competition public schools face, with Jeanette Luna
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jeanette Luna, a production and research associate at the Fordham Institute, joins Mike to discuss the competitive pressures facing America’s largest scho...
6 Dec 202325min
#897: Addressing grade inflation, with Tim Daly
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Tim Daly, the CEO of Ed Navigator, joins Mike to discuss the causes and harms of grade inflation—and how to fix it. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber re...
29 Nov 202329min
#896: The fiscal cliff and teacher layoffs, with Chad Aldeman
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Chad Aldeman, the founder of Read Not Guess and a columnist for The 74, joins Mike to discuss how the end of COVID relief funds could cause a wave of teac...
15 Nov 202323min
