Episodes
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Ep. 229 - March 24, 2021: An Optimist's Guide to American Public Education
An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of American high schools. An excerpt from the book, "What…
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Ep. 228 - March 17, 2021: Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education—New Evidence from Florida
An assistant professor at American University, Claudia Persico, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Persico's new research, which investigates whether students of color are being properly identified for special education. "Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education,"...
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Ep. 227 - March 10, 2021: Daniel Willingham on Making Education Research Relevant
A professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, Daniel T. Willingham, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how findings in education research can be better translated to help teachers in a live classroom setting. Willingham's article, "Making Education Research...
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Ep. 226 - March 3, 2021: Keep Cameras on in Classrooms, Even after the Pandemic Ends
The President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how education may remain changed since the Covid-19 pandemic, when teachers might return to schools full time, and why cameras in the classroom may be here to stay.…
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Ep. 225 - Feb. 24, 2021: On State Standardized Testing, Flexibility Is Key
The executive director of the Center for Assessment, Scott Marion, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the uncertainty surrounding annual math and reading assessments this spring, and what schools can do to maintain instruction and accountability in 2021.
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Ep. 224 - Feb. 17, 2021: How a Nationwide Teacher Strike Has Closed In-Person Public Schools
The executive vice president of 50Can, Derrell Bradford, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the ongoing school closures amid to Covid-19, and how this is essentially an extension of teacher union activism of the past few years. Bradford's blog post, "A Rolling National...
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Ep. 223 - Feb. 10, 2021: "Teacher Vaccinations Should Be Aligned with School Reopening."
The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss efforts to reopen public schools, including President Joe Biden's goal to re-open K-8 schools within the administration's first 100 days.
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Ep. 222 - Dec. 18, 2020: How Remote Learning Changes Snow-Day Decisionmaking
An Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Boston University, Joshua Goodman, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how remote learning during a pandemic affects the snow day calculus.
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Ep. 221 - Dec. 9, 2020: Parents Use Litigation as a Lever to Open Schools
The Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Joshua Dunn, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how parents have filed lawsuits in efforts to open schools for in-person instruction, and how the…
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Ep. 220 - Dec. 2, 2020: Projections of Pandemic Learning Loss Were Too Pessimistic
A research scientist for the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA, Megan Kuhfeld, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Kuhfeld's new study, which tracks student reading and math scores during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kuhfeld's blog post, "Reading Suffered Less Than…
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Ep. 219 - Nov. 25, 2020: Detecting and Preventing Racial Bias in Grading
An assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, David Quinn, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Quinn's new research, which investigates how standardized grading rubrics can help combat racial biases in schools....
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Ep. 218 - Nov. 18, 2020: Can Biden Forgive Student Loan Debt?
A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Beth Akers, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the prospects of student loan forgiveness in a Biden presidential administration.
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Ep. 217 - Nov. 11, 2020: Lamar Alexander and K–12 Education
A Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Chester E. Finn, Jr., joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Sen. Lamar Alexander's impact on K-12 education over more than 50 years in government. Finn's article, "Leadership Makes a...
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Ep. 216 - Oct. 28, 2020: Banning For-Profit Charter Schools?
The director of national research at EdChoice, Michael Q. McShane, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the controversy surrounding for-profit charter schools.
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Ep. 215 - Oct. 21, 2020: Has the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Religious Charter Schools?
The Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Joshua Dunn, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the lasting impact of the Supreme Court's Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue decision. They also...
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Ep. 214 - Oct. 14, 2020: Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a Video Game
A professor at Harvard University and the director of the Democratic Knowledge Project, Danielle S. Allen, and the CEO of Amplify, Larry Berger, join Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Portrait of a Tyrant, a video game designed for students to learn about the Declaration of...
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Ep. 213 - Oct. 7, 2020: Teaching in the Online Classroom
Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West is joined by the author of “Teaching in the Online Classroom,” Doug Lemov, and by educators Hilary Lewis and Hannah Solomon, to discuss how teachers and students can best adapt to an online learning environment.
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Ep. 212 - Sept. 30, 2020: The Never-Ending Battle to Protect Charter School Autonomy
The former executive director of the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board, Scott Pearson, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss what lessons Pearson learned during his time in that role. A blog post by Pearson, "5 Things We Learned in D.C. About How to Advance...
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Ep. 211 - Sept. 23, 2020: "A Situation of Dramatic Excess Demand for Testing"
A professor of economics and education at the University of Virginia, Sarah Turner, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how canceled college admission tests and test-optional policies in the wake of Covid-19 are affecting equity in college admissions.
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Ep. 210 - Sept. 16, 2020: Religious Liberty and Education
Two editors of the new book Religious Liberty and Education: A case study of Yeshivas vs. New York, joined Education Next editor in chief Martin West to discuss the book. The guests were the director of policy for EdChoice, Jason Bedrick, and a distinguished professor and chair of the Department…
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The Improvement at the Charter Schools Is about Twice that of the Improvement in the District Sector
The Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University and the senior editor of Education Next, Paul E. Peterson, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Peterson's new research, which compares student achievement over time between students in charter schools and traditional...
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Ep. 208 - Sept. 2, 2020: Teachers Unions Shaping Reopening Decisions
A professor of political science at City College of New York-CUNY and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Daniel DiSalvo, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the durable clout of teachers unions following the Supreme Court's Janus decision that had been predicted to...
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Ep. 207 - Aug. 26, 2020: The Education Leader’s Guide to Using Data and Research
The authors of Common-Sense Evidence: The Education Leader’s Guide to Using Data and Research, Nora Gordon and Carrie Conaway, join Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how leaders and educators can bridge the divide between academic research and real-time classroom application.…
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Ep. 206 - Aug. 19, 2020: Results of the 2020 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion
The Senior Editor of Education Next, Paul E. Peterson, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the results from the 2020 edition of the Education Next survey, including how the Covid-19 pandemic may have shaped public opinion on digital learning.
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Ep. 205 - July 8, 2020: How Parents and Teachers Felt About the Covid-19 School Shutdowns
In a special crossover with The Education Exchange, the Editor in Chief of Education Next, Marty West, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss findings from the 2020 Education Next survey, which reveals what American parents and teachers think of quality of the instruction their children received after...
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Ep. 204 - June 10, 2020: How Students Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools
The author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, Tim DeRoche, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his new book and how low-income children are assigned to failing public schools, rather than closer, high-performing schools, thanks…
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Ep. 203 - June 3, 2020: Why Some Schools Are Responding Well to the Pandemic
The CEO of the Silicon Schools Fund, Brian Greenberg, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how schools have transitioned well to distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, and others have struggled. Greenberg's post, "What We’ve Learned from Distance Learning, and What…
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Ep. 202 - May 28, 2020: Why Fewer Teens Are Working Summer Jobs
Education reporter David Loewenberg joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Loewenberg's new article, which investigates the declining numbers of teens working during the summer, and how this trend has researchers and educators worried. Loewenberg's article, "Summer School Is…
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Ep. 201 - May 20, 2020: The Grade-Level Expectations Trap and the Post-Coronavirus Reopening
The co-founder and chief executive officer at New Classrooms, Joel Rose, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Rose's new article, which details the "Iceberg Problem," and how many students can be harmed by grade-level math instruction. Rose's article, "The Grade-Level...
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Ep. 200 - May 13, 2020: Jeb Bush On Adjusting to Distance Learning During the Pandemic
The 43rd Governor of the State of Florida and the President and Chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West for the 200th episode of the EdNext Podcast. Gov. Bush discusses his experience managing crises, as well as some of the...
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Ep. 199 - May 5, 2020: Mapping Out a Return to Schools
A visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, John Bailey, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Bailey's new study, which details how students and teachers can plan to return to physical school buildings in the 2020-21 academic year amid the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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Ep. 198 - April 29, 2020: An Earthquake Followed by a Tsunami
The CEO of Chiefs for Change, Mike Magee, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how schools are responding to challenges posed by the novel coronavirus. "One of our members said to us on a call this past week that this is the earthquake and it's going to be followed by a...
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Ep. 197 - April 23, 2020: Coronavirus Could Fuel Demand for Better Assessments
A former deputy director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lynn Olson, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss her new report from FutureEd. It details how standardized testing has come under bipartisan attack, and what will need for change for testing to survive. Read...
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Ep. 196 - April 15, 2020: Using Transparency To Create Accountability During Covid-19 Closures
A senior fellow at Mathematica and director of REL Mid- Atlantic, Brian P. Gill, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss what schools can do to measure what is happening during distance learning. Read Gill's blog post, "Using Transparency To Create Accountability When School...
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Ep. 195 - April 8, 2020: How Colleges Have Raised Selectivity Over Time
An executive editor of Education Next and president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how median SAT scores show that colleges have raised their selectivity standards since 1985. Read "Yes, It Really Is Harder to Get into Highly…
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Ep. 194 - April 1, 2020: What the Financial Turmoil Will Mean for Public Education
A Research Professor at Georgetown University and Director of the Edunomics Lab, Marguerite Roza, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discus what how recent financial instability could affect public education. Roza recently delivered a webinar on this subject, and the slides from…
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Ep. 193 - March 25, 2020: Closing Schools To Slow a Pandemic
A visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, John Bailey, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how closing schools is a crucial step to mitigating the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Bailey's blog post, "Closing Schools To Slow a Pandemic."...
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Ep. 192 - March 18, 2020: How the Move to Online Learning Could Backfire
A co-founder of and a distinguished fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, Michael Horn, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West. They discuss how the coronavirus-caused move to online learning could result in poor substitutes for face-to-face classes. That...
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Ep. 191 - March 11, 2020: KIPP Middle Schools Can Improve Early College Outcomes
A senior researcher at Mathematica, Ira Nichols-Barrer, and the executive director of KIPP Massachusetts, Caleb Dolan, join Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a new study by Mathematica that shows charter middle schools can increase the likelihood of enrolling in college. A blog...
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Ep. 190 - March 4, 2020: Reforming a Divided School System in Los Angeles
A professor of education policy at the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, Julie A. Marsh, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss education reform in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Read "Building on Shaky Ground: Reforming a divided school...
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Ep. 189 - Feb. 26, 2020: Is College Remediation a Barrier or a Boost?
An associate professor of higher education at Boston College, Angela Boatman, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss new research that investigates the effectiveness of two Tennessee policies that offered alternatives to traditional remediation requirements for college math.…
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Ep. 188 - Feb. 19, 2020: Helping Students Finance Education School with Income Share Agreements
The founder of the Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education, Mike Goldstein (pictured), sits down with Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how "fixed" income share agreements have made the school an attractive destination, reducing risk for students and increasing…
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Ep. 187 - Feb. 12, 2020: How Tougher Teachers Help Students Learn More
An associate professor at the School of Public Affairs at American University, Seth Gershenson, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Gershenson's new article, "End the Easy A," which explores how grade inflation affect student success. The full article is available here:...
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Ep. 186 - Feb. 5, 2020 - Serving All Students at Excel Academy
A group from Excel Academy in Boston joined Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how the charter network works to accommodate students with special needs, including English language learners and those with disabilities, into their program. Included in the discussion are chief...
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Ep. 185 - Jan. 29, 2020: Expanding School Choice in Indianapolis
Robin J. Lake, the director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at University of Washington Bothell, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how school choice has succeeded in Indianapolis. Read Lake's full article, "The Hoosier Way: Good choices for all in...
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Ep. 184 - Jan. 23, 2020: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Espinoza v. Montana
Joshua Dunn, a professor of political science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the Supreme Court case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which challenges Montana’s ban on tax-credit scholarships to religious…
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Ep. 183 - Jan. 15, 2020: Staying the Course with Common Core
Michael J. Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and an executive editor at Education Next, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the Common Core State Standards Initiative and why there is still time to see positive results from the shift to national standards. Read his…
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Ep. 182 - Jan. 8, 2020: Looking Back at the Year in Education
Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West and Managing Editor Ira Stoll sit down to review the Top 20 articles and Top 10 blog posts of 2019. https://www.educationnext.org/top-20-education-next-articles-2019/ https://www.educationnext.org/top-10-education-next-blog-entries-2019/
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Ep. 181 - Dec. 18, 2019 - Are Online Curriculum Materials Any Good?
Morgan Polikoff, an Associate Professor at the Rossier School of Education at USC, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a new report which studies the quality of online curriculum materials available to teachers. Polikoff recently wrote a blog post "The Supplemental…
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Ep. 180 - Dec. 11, 2019 - Making the Right Choices with College
Michael B. Horn, the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how to juggle the different paths through college, from the options in traditional higher education to certificate first programs. Horn and...
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