The Education Gadfly Show by Thomas B. Fordham Institute

For more than 15 years, the Fordham Institute has been hosting a weekly podcast, The Education Gadfly Show. Each week, you’ll get lively, entertaining discussions of recent education news, usually featuring Fordham’s Mike Petrilli and David Griffith. Then the wise Amber Northern will recap a recent research study. For questions or comments on the podcast, contact its producer, Pedro Enamorado, at penamorad@fordhaminstitute.org.

Category: Education

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- #889: The trials and triumphs of charter schools over the past decade, with Nina Rees

Wed, 27 Sep 2023
693
- #888: Building bridges in education reform, with Frances Messano

Wed, 20 Sep 2023
692
- #887: Bringing accountability back to American education, with Checker Finn

Wed, 13 Sep 2023
691
- #886: Achievement gaps among advanced students, with Adam Tyner

Wed, 06 Sep 2023
690
- #885: Virtual teachers are back, with Linda Jacobson

Wed, 30 Aug 2023
689
- #884: Texas takes over Houston’s schools, with William McKenzie

Wed, 23 Aug 2023
688
- #883: The student behavior crisis, with Daniel Buck

Wed, 16 Aug 2023
687
- #882: Defending Mississippi’s literacy gains, with Rachel Canter

Wed, 09 Aug 2023
686
- #881: School choice, the science of reading, and other wins in Ohio, with Aaron Churchill

Wed, 02 Aug 2023
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- #880: Everything wrong with California’s math framework, with Tom Loveless

Wed, 26 Jul 2023
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- #879: Chatting about evidence-based chatbots, with Perpetual Baffour

Wed, 19 Jul 2023
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- #878: Our “savage inequalities” are no more, with Adam Tyner

Wed, 12 Jul 2023
682
- #877: Don’t overpromise on learning loss, with Jim Peyser

Wed, 05 Jul 2023
681
- #876: The chronic absenteeism crisis, and what to do about it, with Alia Wong

Wed, 28 Jun 2023
680
- #875: Charter schools that help students earn college credentials, with Kevin Teasley

Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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- #874: How to build a continuum of advanced learning opportunities, with Nick Colangelo

Wed, 14 Jun 2023
678
- #873: Private and charter school teachers are thriving, with Paul DiPerna

Wed, 07 Jun 2023
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- #872: The religious charter school debate, with Kathleen Porter-Magee

Wed, 31 May 2023
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- #871: The severity of pandemic learning loss, with Tom Kane

Wed, 24 May 2023
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- #870: The Great School Rethink, with Rick Hess

Wed, 17 May 2023
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- #869: Strong long-term outcomes for English learners in Texas charter schools, with Deven Carlson

Wed, 10 May 2023
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- #868: Virginia’s new history and social science standards, with Andy Rotherham

Wed, 03 May 2023
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- #867: How Core Knowledge schools boost students’ reading comprehension, with Robert Pondiscio

Wed, 26 Apr 2023
671
- #866: The challenges of implementing through-course assessments, with Scott Marion

Wed, 19 Apr 2023
670
- #865: The challenges of parenting gifted children, with Gail Post

Wed, 12 Apr 2023
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- #864: Using team teaching to improve student outcomes, with Carole Basile and Brent Maddin

Wed, 05 Apr 2023
668
- #863: How charter schools affect district resources, with David Griffith and Paul Bruno

Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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- #862: The education implications of Chicago’s mayoral election, with Natalie Neris and Hal Woods

Wed, 22 Mar 2023
666
- #861: The fight to lift the charter school cap in New York City, with Crystal McQueen-Taylor

Wed, 15 Mar 2023
665
- #860: Social media and kids’ declining mental health, with Michael Horn

Wed, 08 Mar 2023
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- #859: Eliminating honors classes won’t advance equity, with Scott Peters

Wed, 01 Mar 2023
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- #858: The Trump and DeSantis culture war fixation, with Dale Chu

Wed, 22 Feb 2023
662
- #857: The states leading the way in literacy, with Kymyona Burk and Tom Greene

Wed, 15 Feb 2023
661
- #856: Why education savings accounts won’t bring educational pluralism, with Ashley Berner

Wed, 08 Feb 2023
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- #855: How states are fighting credential inflation, with Rick Hess

Wed, 01 Feb 2023
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- Education Gadfly Show #854: How districts should prepare for the coming school closures, with Tim Daly

Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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- Education Gadfly Show #853: The Supreme Court and religious charters schools, with Nicole Garnett

Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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- Education Gadfly Show #852: New Year’s resolutions for America’s schools, with Robert Pondiscio

Wed, 11 Jan 2023
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- Education Gadfly Show #851: The case for teaching writing in the age of ChatGPT, with Checker Finn

Wed, 04 Jan 2023
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- Education Gadfly Show #850: 2022’s most important education stories, with Marc Porter Magee

Wed, 21 Dec 2022
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- Education Gadfly Show #849: The success of Denver’s “portfolio”-style school reform, with Parker Baxter

Wed, 14 Dec 2022
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- Education Gadfly Show #848: Talking about “Unbundling” with Bellwether’s Julie Squire

Wed, 07 Dec 2022
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- Education Gadfly Show #847: States, snake-oil, and the science of reading, with Kymyona Burk

Wed, 30 Nov 2022
651
- Education Gadfly Show #846: What do the midterm elections mean for the parents’ rights movement?

Wed, 16 Nov 2022
650
- Education Gadfly Show #845: Why schools are wasting millions of dollars on ineffective online tutoring

Wed, 09 Nov 2022
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- Education Gadfly Show #844: An ode to overly-optimistic teachers, with Seth Gershenson

Tue, 01 Nov 2022
648
- Education Gadfly Show #843: Halloween a week early with NAEP results in

Tue, 25 Oct 2022
647
- #842: Industry-recognized credentials aren’t living up to their potential

Tue, 18 Oct 2022
646
- Education Gadfly Show #841: Good news for a change: Most states appear to be spending their ESSER dollars wisely

Wed, 12 Oct 2022
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- Education Gadfly Show #840: The state of state education reform

Wed, 05 Oct 2022

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