All Episodes

Ep. 229 - March 24, 2021: An Optimist's Guide to American Public Education

Ep. 228 - March 17, 2021: Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education—New Evidence from Florida

Ep. 227 - March 10, 2021: Daniel Willingham on Making Education Research Relevant

Ep. 226 - March 3, 2021: Keep Cameras on in Classrooms, Even after the Pandemic Ends

Ep. 225 - Feb. 24, 2021: On State Standardized Testing, Flexibility Is Key

Ep. 224 - Feb. 17, 2021: How a Nationwide Teacher Strike Has Closed In-Person Public Schools

Ep. 223 - Feb. 10, 2021: "Teacher Vaccinations Should Be Aligned with School Reopening."

Ep. 222 - Dec. 18, 2020: How Remote Learning Changes Snow-Day Decisionmaking

Ep. 221 - Dec. 9, 2020: Parents Use Litigation as a Lever to Open Schools

Ep. 220 - Dec. 2, 2020: Projections of Pandemic Learning Loss Were Too Pessimistic

Ep. 219 - Nov. 25, 2020: Detecting and Preventing Racial Bias in Grading

Ep. 218 - Nov. 18, 2020: Can Biden Forgive Student Loan Debt?

Ep. 217 - Nov. 11, 2020: Lamar Alexander and K–12 Education

Ep. 216 - Oct. 28, 2020: Banning For-Profit Charter Schools?

Ep. 215 - Oct. 21, 2020: Has the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Religious Charter Schools?

Ep. 214 - Oct. 14, 2020: Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a Video Game

Ep. 213 - Oct. 7, 2020: Teaching in the Online Classroom

Ep. 212 - Sept. 30, 2020: The Never-Ending Battle to Protect Charter School Autonomy

Ep. 211 - Sept. 23, 2020: "A Situation of Dramatic Excess Demand for Testing"

Ep. 210 - Sept. 16, 2020: Religious Liberty and Education

The Improvement at the Charter Schools Is about Twice that of the Improvement in the District Sector

Ep. 208 - Sept. 2, 2020: Teachers Unions Shaping Reopening Decisions

Ep. 207 - Aug. 26, 2020: The Education Leader’s Guide to Using Data and Research

Ep. 206 - Aug. 19, 2020: Results of the 2020 Education Next Survey of Public Opinion

Ep. 205 - July 8, 2020: How Parents and Teachers Felt About the Covid-19 School Shutdowns

Ep. 204 - June 10, 2020: How Students Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools

Ep. 203 - June 3, 2020: Why Some Schools Are Responding Well to the Pandemic

Ep. 202 - May 28, 2020: Why Fewer Teens Are Working Summer Jobs

Ep. 201 - May 20, 2020: The Grade-Level Expectations Trap and the Post-Coronavirus Reopening

Ep. 200 - May 13, 2020: Jeb Bush On Adjusting to Distance Learning During the Pandemic

Ep. 199 - May 5, 2020: Mapping Out a Return to Schools

Ep. 198 - April 29, 2020: An Earthquake Followed by a Tsunami

Ep. 197 - April 23, 2020: Coronavirus Could Fuel Demand for Better Assessments

Ep. 196 - April 15, 2020: Using Transparency To Create Accountability During Covid-19 Closures

Ep. 195 - April 8, 2020: How Colleges Have Raised Selectivity Over Time

Ep. 194 - April 1, 2020: What the Financial Turmoil Will Mean for Public Education

Ep. 193 - March 25, 2020: Closing Schools To Slow a Pandemic

Ep. 192 - March 18, 2020: How the Move to Online Learning Could Backfire

Ep. 191 - March 11, 2020: KIPP Middle Schools Can Improve Early College Outcomes

Ep. 190 - March 4, 2020: Reforming a Divided School System in Los Angeles

Ep. 189 - Feb. 26, 2020: Is College Remediation a Barrier or a Boost?

Ep. 188 - Feb. 19, 2020: Helping Students Finance Education School with Income Share Agreements

Ep. 187 - Feb. 12, 2020: How Tougher Teachers Help Students Learn More

Ep. 186 - Feb. 5, 2020 - Serving All Students at Excel Academy

Ep. 185 - Jan. 29, 2020: Expanding School Choice in Indianapolis

Ep. 184 - Jan. 23, 2020: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Espinoza v. Montana

Ep. 183 - Jan. 15, 2020: Staying the Course with Common Core

Ep. 182 - Jan. 8, 2020: Looking Back at the Year in Education

Ep. 181 - Dec. 18, 2019 - Are Online Curriculum Materials Any Good?

Ep. 180 - Dec. 11, 2019 - Making the Right Choices with College

Ep. 179 - Nov. 20, 2019: Engaging Teachers Unions in Education Reform

Ep. 178 - Nov. 13, 2019: Momentum Builds for an Untimed SAT

Ep. 177 - Nov. 6, 2019 - Paul Tough and The Years That Matter Most

Ep. 176 - Oct. 30, 2019: The Key to Helping Children Remember

Ep. 175 - Oct. 23, 2019: Inside the Choice and Customization of Miami-Dade Schools

Ep 174 - Oct. 16, 2019: Elisa Villanueva Beard and the Impact of Teach For America

Ep 173 - Oct. 9, 2019: The Concern Around Online Credit Recovery Programs

Ep. 172 - Oct. 2, 2019: What's Behind Success at Success Academy

Ep. 171 - Sept. 25, 2019: The Effect of Vocational Education on Adult Success

Ep. 170 - Sept. 18, 2019: The Lessons of the Louisiana Scholarship Program

Ep. 169 - Sept. 11, 2019: Have Charters Increased Segregation in American Schools?

Ep. 168 - Sept. 4, 2019: What's Behind the Drop in International Students in the U.S.?

Ep. 167 - Aug. 28, 2019: Stepping Up to Serve High-Achieving Math Students

Ep. 166 - Aug. 21, 2019: Results from the 2019 EdNext Poll

Ep. 165 - June 5, 2019: The Truth About Summer Learning Loss

Ep. 164 - May 29, 2019: Giving Ed Tech a Chance to Shine

Ep. 163 - May 22, 2019: Strong Evidence That School Start Times Matter

Ep. 162 - May 7, 2019: Wraparound Services and Student Achievement

Ep 161 - May 1, 2019: Should You Hold Your Child Back from Kindergarten?

Ep. 160 - April 24, 2019: Democracy Prep Schools Boost Civic Participation

Ep. 159 - April 17. 2019: Keeping Social and Emotional Learning on the Right Path

Ep. 158 - April 10, 2019: Supporting Social and Emotional Development to Boost Academic Success

Ep. 157 - April 3, 2019: EdNext Podcast: 2020 Presidential Candidates Press For Higher Teacher Pay

Ep. 156 - March 27, 2019: Reading in the Age of Screens

Ep. 155 - March 20, 2019: The Persistence of Achievement Gaps between Haves and Have-Nots

Ep. 154 - March 13, 2019: Using Behavioral Science to Improve School Attendance

Ep. 153 - March 6, 2019: How Would a Federal School Choice Tax Credit Work?

Ep. 152 - Feb. 27, 2019: Comparing Teacher Skills in the U.S. and Abroad

Feb. 20, 2019 - Ep. 151: School Districts Need to Prepare for the Next Economic Downturn

Ep. 150 - Feb. 13, 2019: Tom Boasberg's Legacy in Denver

Ep. 149 - Feb. 6, 2019: Identifying the Colleges That Successfully Recruit Low-Income Students

Ep. 148 - Jan. 30, 2019: New Rules Will Change How Schools Handle Sexual Assault Allegation

Ep. 147 - Jan. 23, 2019: How School Shopping Websites Affect Parents' Choices

Ep. 146 - Jan. 16, 2019: Ranking Education Scholars Based on Influence

Ep. 145 - Jan. 9, 2019: Charter Schools Facing an Unlikely Opponent: Turkish Government

Ep. 144 - Dec. 19, 2018: Top Reads from Education Next

Ep. 143 - Dec. 12, 2018: Remembering George H.W. Bush

Ep. 142 - Dec. 5, 2018: What Will the 2018 Midterm Election Results Mean for Education?

Ep. 141 - Nov. 28, 2018: Connecting Student Loans to Community College Attainment

Ep. 140 - Nov. 14, 2018: Teachers Can Boost Long-Term Outcomes by Improving Student Behaviors

Ep. 139 - Nov. 7, 2018: Lessons from an Effort to Reform Teacher Evaluation

Ep. 138 - Oct. 31, 2018: What is the Value of Homework?

Ep. 137 - Oct. 24, 2019: How Did Massachusetts Charter Schools Become the Best in the Country?

Ep. 136 - Oct. 17, 2018: An Arts Educator Wins the Global Teacher Prize

Ep. 135 - Oct. 10, 2018: Thinking Clearly About the Goals of Education

Ep. 134 - Oct. 3, 2018: Health Benefits for Retired Teachers Strain State Budgets

Ep. 133 - Sept. 26, 2018: Getting Inclusion Right

Ep. 132 - Sept. 19, 2018: What It Was Like to Go On Strike

Ep. 131 - Sept. 12, 2018: The Role of the Inspector General in Education Policy

Ep. 130 - Sept. 5, 2018: Does Teacher Coaching Work?

Ep. 129 - Aug. 29, 2018: Are Private Colleges At Risk?

Ep. 128 - Aug. 22, 2018: Results from the 2018 EdNext Poll

Ep. 127 - June 6, 2018: Rebecca Friedrichs on Janus v. AFSCME

Ep. 126 - May 30, 2018: Tenure Reform and Test Scores in Florida

Ep. 125 - May 23, 2018: Motivating American Students to Work Harder

Ep. 124 - May 16, 2018: The Trouble with Ranking Teacher-Prep Programs

Ep. 123 - May 9, 2018: When Benefit Costs Rise, Teacher Salaries Bear the Brunt

Ep. 122 - May 2, 2018: Changes in State Spending on Higher Ed

Ep. 121 - April 25, 2018: A More Diverse Charter Sector

Ep. 120 - April 18, 2018: Teacher Education Reboot: An Expert Proposal

Ep. 119 - April 11, 2018: A Lost Decade for U.S. Education?

Ep. 118 - April 4, 2018: One University Enters Innovative New Territory in Online Learning

Ep. 117 - March 28, 2018: How Charter Schools Are Changing Teacher Retirement

Ep. 116 - March 21, 2018: Is Voice Activation Coming to the Classroom?

Ep. 115 - March 14, 2018: A Reformer's Legacy in New Mexico

Ep. 114 - March 7, 2018: 50 Year Old Curriculum Still Works

Ep. 113 - Feb. 26, 2018: Oral Arguments Heard by Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME

Ep. 112 - Feb. 21, 2018: Charter School Growth was Booming. What Happened?

Ep. 111 - Feb. 14, 2018: Getting Tough on Screen Time

Ep. 110 - Feb. 7, 2018: Charter Schools in the Real Wild West

Ep. 109 - Jan. 31, 2018: Spillover Effects of Charter Schools

Ep. 108 - Jan. 24, 2018: Local Funds for Charter Schools

Ep. 107 - Jan. 17, 2018: How School Buildings Impact Teacher Collaboration

Ep. 106 - Dec. 20, 2017: Top EdNext Stories of 2017

Ep. 105 - Dec. 14, 2017: Later School Start Times for Teens in Boston

Ep. 104 - Dec. 6, 2017: Why This Mom Sent Her Son to a Chinese School

Ep. 103 - Nov. 29, 2017: How Teacher Expectations Directly Impact Students

Ep. 102 - Nov. 15, 2017: Local Election, National Setback for School Choice

Ep. 101 - Nov. 8, 2017: Changing How We Study Summer Learning Loss

Ep. 100 - Nov. 1, 2017: The Education of Eva Moskowitz

Ep. 99 - Oct. 25, 2017: Innovative University Gets Yellow Light from DOE

Ep. 98 - Oct. 18, 2017: Using Technology to Advance Student Learning

Ep. 97 - Oct. 11, 2017: Getting Screen Time Right in Schools

Ep. 96 - Oct. 4, 2017: K-12 Tax Credit Scholarships Boost College Enrollment in Florida

Ep. 95 - Sept. 27, 2017: How Districts Can Make Smart Ed-Tech Purchases

Ep. 94 - Sept. 20, 2017: The Consequences of Chronic Absenteeism

Ep. 93 - Sept. 13, 2017: What If the Government Regulated Schools But Did Not Run Them?

Ep. 92 - Sept. 6, 2017: Curriculum Is Key in Louisiana

Ep. 91 - Aug. 30, 2017: Should Laptops Be Allowed in College Classrooms?

Ep. 90 - Aug. 23, 2017: Which Parents Want a Four-Year College for their Children?

Ep. 89 - Aug. 16, 2017: Poll Finds Decline in Support for Charter Schools

Introducing the Education Exchange

Ep. 88 - June 7, 2017: How Can Students Learn Better?

Ep. 87 - May 31, 2017: Hugh Price's African American Life

Ep. 86 - May 24, 2017: Program Helps Colleges Recruit High-Achieving Hispanic Students

Ep. 85 - May 17, 2017: Indianapolis’ Unique Pursuit of Choice

Ep. 84 - May 10, 2017: How Charter Schools Can Avoid Financial Traps

Ep. 83 - May 3, 2017: Can a Federal School Choice Program Work?

Ep. 82 - April 26, 2017: Unmasking School Spending

Ep. 81 - April 19, 2017: Should You Hold Your Child Back from Kindergarten?

Ep. 80 - April 12, 2017: High School History Class with Broadway’s Hamilton

Ep. 79 - April 5, 2017: The Unintended Consequences of Lowering Class Size

Ep. 78 - March 29, 2017: New Role for the Office for Civil Rights?

Ep. 77 - March 22, 2017: Designing a Blended-Learning School

Ep. 76 - March 15, 2017: Should Schools Close When Snow Falls?

Ep. 75 - March 8, 2017: Rebooting Professional Development

Ep. 74 - March 1, 2017: What Could We Expect on Ed From a Justice Gorsuch?

Ep. 73 - Feb. 22, 2017: ESSA: What You Need to Know

Ep. 72 - Feb. 15, 2017: Will Students with Disabilities Receive Meaningful Benefits?

Ep. 71 - Feb. 8, 2017: Fixing Math Remediation

Ep. 70 - Feb. 1, 2017: Match Beyond Coaches Students to a College Degree

Ep. 69 - Jan. 25, 2017: DeVos and Detroit Schools

Ep. 68 - Jan. 18, 2017: What Went Wrong with Obama's Teacher Evaluation Reform?

Ep. 67 - Jan. 10, 2017: What to Expect from Betsy DeVos's Confirmation Hearing

Ep. 66 - Jan. 4, 2017: Howard Fuller on Betsy DeVos and School Choice

Ep. 65 - Dec. 21, 2016: Making Sense of 2016

Ep. 64 - Dec. 14, 2016: How Does Parental Satisfaction Vary Across School Sectors?

Ep. 63: Dec. 7, 2016: School Suspensions and Teacher Race

Ep. 62 - Nov. 30, 2016: Charter Schools for the Preschool Set

Ep. 61 - Nov. 16 2016: Will New Orleans’ Education Reforms Stick?

Ep. 60 - Nov. 10 2016: What does Trump’s Victory Mean for Education Policy?

Ep. 59 - Nov. 2, 2016: Why Do Field Trips Matter?

Ep. 58 - Oct. 26, 2016: Will Open Educational Resources Disrupt the Textbook Industry?​

Ep. 57 - Oct. 19, 2016: Test Prep or True Learning?

Ep. 56 - Oct. 12, 2016: What Does the Research Say about School Discipline Policies?

Ep. 55 - Oct. 5, 2016: Jeb Bush on Fixing School Accountability

Ep. 54 - Sept. 28, 2016: What Will the Election Mean for Charter Schools?

Ep. 53 - Sept. 21, 2016: Should Massachusetts Allow More Charter Schools?

Ep. 52 - Sept. 14, 2016: Bill de Blasio's Strategy for Fixing New York City's Public Schools

Ep. 51 - Sept. 7, 2016: Should School Start Later?

Ep. 50 - Aug. 31, 2016: What Does The Public Think About Policies Affecting Teachers?

Ep. 49 - Aug. 24, 2016: A Closer Look at Public Opinion on School Reform

Ep. 48 - Aug. 17, 2016: Will Virtual Reality Be Just Another Classroom Fad?

Ep. 47 - Aug. 10, 2016: Are Minority Students Actually Underrepresented in Special Ed?

Ep. 46 - Aug. 3, 2016: Common Standards without Common Tests

Ep. 45 - July 27, 2016: Will Leaked Plans to Boost L.A. Charter Schools Harm Them Instead?

Ep. 44 - July 20, 2016: Summer Melt — Why College-Bound Kids Don’t End Up in College & How to Help

Ep. 43 - July 13, 2016: Teachers Unions Around the World

Ep. 42 - June 29, 2016: Politicians Taking On Chronic Absenteeism

Ep. 41 - June 22, 2016: Do Vouchers Reduce Incarceration Rates?

Ep. 40 - June 15, 2016: Partisan Politics in Education

Ep. 39 - June 8, 2016: How to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism

Ep. 38 - June 1, 2016: The Shared Legacy of Bush and Obama in Education Policy

Ep. 37 - May 25, 2016: Can Non-Cognitive Skills Be Taught?

Ep. 36 - May 18, 2016: How Will Accountability Change Under ESSA?

Ep. 35 - May 11, 2016: Free College Tuition: Lessons from Germany

Ep. 34 - May 4, 2016: Debating Education Savings Accounts

Ep. 33 - April 27, 2016: How Much Economic Growth Can We Get If We Improve Our Schools?

Ep. 32 - April 20, 2016: Should Massachusetts Have More Charter Schools?

Ep. 31 - April 13, 2016: How Has Denver Done It?

Ep. 30 - April 6, 2016: Energy and Entrepreneurialsim in Catholic Education

Ep. 29 - March 30, 2016: Can We Count on Schools to Boost Social Mobility?

Ep. 28 - March 23, 2016: Dan Goldhaber and Teacher Quality

Ep. 27 - March 16, 2016: Overcoming Knowledge Deficits to Boost Reading Comprehension

Ep. 26 - March 9, 2016: How Much Does Family Background Affect Student Achievement?

Ep. 25 - March 2, 2016: Susan Patrick and blended learning

Ep. 24 - Feb. 24, 2016: Should We Abandon the Medical Model of Education Research?

Ep. 23 - Feb. 17, 2016: Common Core is Encouraging States to Raise Their Standards

Ep. 22 - Feb. 10, 2016: Are American Schools Re-Segregating?

Ep. 21 - Feb. 3, 2016: Do Snow Days Hurt Student Learning?

Ep. 20 - Jan. 27, 2016: Can Academic Games Motivate Teens in School?

Ep. 19 - Jan. 20, 2016: President Obama and the Scrambled Politics of Federal Education Policy

Ep. 18 - Jan. 13, 2016: Eric Hanushek on Coleman’s influence

Ep. 17 - Jan. 6, 2016: Michael Lovenheim on collective bargaining

Ep. 16 - Dec. 16, 2015: Mike Petrilli on ESSA

Ep. 15 - Dec. 9, 2015: Willam Howell on the Obama Administration's Education Legacy

Ep. 14 - Dec. 2, 2015: Deborah McGriff on charter schools and innovation

Ep. 13 - Nov. 18, 2015: Which Test Better Predicts College Success, MCAS or PARCC?

Ep. 12 - Nov. 11, 2015: Gerard Robinson and presidential politics

Ep. 11 - Nov. 4, 2015: Does test-based accountability work?

Ep. 10 - Oct. 27, 2015: Al Hubbard and Indiana school choice

Ep. 09 - Oct. 21, 2015: Michael Podgursky and Paul E. Peterson on pensions

Ep. 08 - Oct. 14, 2015: Michael B. Horn and Paul E. Peterson on Arne Duncan's Legacy

Ep. 07 - Oct. 7, 2015: Michael B. Horn and Edtech

Ep. 06 - Sept. 30, 2015: Michael Henderson and the EdNext Poll

Ep. 05 - Sept. 23, 2015: Federal Equity Initiatives

Ep. 04 - Sept. 16, 2015: New Orleans after Katrina

Ep. 03 - Sept. 9, 2015: Teacher salaries

Ep. 02 - Sept. 2, 2015: Public opinion on Common Core

Ep. 01 - Aug. 26, 2015: EdNext vs. PDK Poll