
#776: Can curriculum reform succeed where the rest of standards-based reform failed? - 07/01/21
On this week’s podcast, Morgan Polikoff, Associate Professor of Education at USC, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss his new book, Beyond Standards: The Fragmentation of Education Gover...
1 Juli 202125min

#775: The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History - 06/23/21
On this week’s podcast, Jeremy Stern, coauthor of Fordham's new report, The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History in 2021, joins Mike Petrilli, David Griffith, and Checker Finn to discu...
23 Juni 202120min

#774: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools - 06/16/21
On this week’s podcast, Brian Gill, senior fellow at Mathematica and director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith...
16 Juni 202126min

#773: Should schools offer a virtual option this fall? - 06/10/21
On this week’s podcast, Derrell Bradford, newly appointed president of 50CAN, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss whether New York City and other major districts should still offer a vir...
10 Juni 202126min

#772: What’s going to happen to the NAEP reading test? - 06/02/21
On this week’s podcast, Checker Finn joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the current kerfuffle over the NAEP reading assessment. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines whether a...
2 Juni 202121min

#771: Same old, same old: How districts are spending federal relief dollars (so far) - 05/26/21
On this week’s podcast, Chad Aldeman, policy director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the latest trends in school district spending of ...
27 Maj 202127min

#770: Hooray for Florida’s new school choice legislation - 05/20/21
On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the potential impact of and lessons from Florida’s new school choice expansio...
20 Maj 202124min

#769: Should we break up behemoth school districts? - 05/12/21
On this week’s podcast, Howard Husock, adjunct scholar in Domestic Policy Studies at AEI, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss his new report, “The case for breaking up big urban school s...
12 Maj 202123min



















