Another reason we need to test students in 2021 - 1/13/21
On this week’s podcast, Eric Parsons, associate teaching professor of economics at the University of Missouri and co-author of our new report “Bridging the Covid Divide,” joins Mike Petrilli and David...
13 Jan 202124min
What does Miguel Cardona’s time in Connecticut imply about his future in Washington? - 01/06/21
On this week’s podcast, Subira Gordon, executive director of Connecticut’s ConnCAN, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss President-elect Biden’s education secretary nominee, Miguel Cardon...
6 Jan 202127min
Emily Oster and Noelle Ellerson Ng answer the big question: Will schools reopen this spring? - 12/16/20
On this week’s podcast, Noelle Ellerson Ng, associate executive director at AASA, the School Superintendents Association, and Emily Oster, Professor of Economics at Brown University, join Mike Petrill...
16 Dec 202031min
Assessing Joe Biden’s early childhood plans - 12/09/20
On this week’s podcast, Katharine Stevens, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss President-elect Biden’s childcare and pre-K plans. O...
9 Dec 202025min
The legacy of Lamar Alexander - 12/02/20
On this week’s podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith are joined by Checker Finn, who discusses Senator Lamar Alexander’s K–12 education legacy. On the Research Minute, Adam Tyner examines research...
2 Dec 202025min
State budget cuts and our schools - 11/18/20
On this week’s podcast, ExcelinEd’s Matthew Joseph and The Education Trust’s Zahava Stadler join Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss how states can protect schools and disadvantaged students f...
18 Nov 202025min
Why public education may never return to normal - 11/11/20
On this week’s podcast, Paul Hill, founder of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss why, thanks to the pandemic, the politics of public schools ...
11 Nov 202021min
What the election means for education reform - 11/5/20
On this week’s podcast, Charles Barone, VP of K-12 Policy at Democrats for Education Reform, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss what the election means for charter schools, accountabili...
6 Nov 202022min
