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, "...
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20 of 230 episodesEp. 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 res...
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 ho...
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 ma...
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 uncertaint...
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 closu...
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 t...
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 d...
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...
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 dis...
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...
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...
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-i...
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 controvers...
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...
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 Ber...
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...
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 M...
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 discu...
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 Ma...