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EdNext Podcast

A weekly podcast from "Education Next," a journal of opinion and research. Introduction music:"Organic Grunge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://... Read more

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

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

Paul Tough, author of "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us," sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chie... Read more

6 Nov 2019

25mins

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

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

The expectations teachers have for how far students will go with their education have an impact on how much education th... Read more

29 Nov 2017

26mins

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

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

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick has been poring over Neil Gorsuch’s opinions as a federal judge to learn how ... Read more

28 Feb 2017

28mins

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

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 Ma... Read more

15 Apr 2020

19mins

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

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

Brian A. Jacob of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan joins EdNext Editor-in-chief ... Read more

20 Sep 2017

26mins

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

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

The political debate over charter schools often turns on their impact on students in traditional district schools.Marty ... Read more

30 Jan 2018

16mins

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

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

University of Missouri Professor of Economics Michael Podgursky sits down with EdNext editor Paul E. Peterson to discuss... Read more

21 Oct 2015

16mins

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

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

Do teachers know enough about how students think and what motivates them? Daniel Willingham thinks that ed schools are n... Read more

18 Apr 2018

21mins

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

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

Eric A. Hanushek of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University sits down with EdNext Editor Paul E. Peterson to discu... Read more

13 Jan 2016

11mins

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

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

The claim that all students, and especially disadvantaged students, lose substantial academic ground over summer vacatio... Read more

5 Jun 2019

17mins

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

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

Robert Pondiscio joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the curriculum-driven reform efforts led by the Loui... Read more

6 Sep 2017

18mins

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

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

Amanda Olberg interviews Paul E. Peterson about the results of his new analysis of state academic standards, and in part... Read more

17 Feb 2016

10mins

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

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

The Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal education law passed in 2015, is part of what would seem to be a dying breed... Read more

22 Feb 2017

25mins

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

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

As the charter school sector grows, there is more emphasis on replicating school models with a track record of success a... Read more

25 Apr 2018

25mins

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

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

The conventional wisdom is that, as income inequality has grown in the United States, inequality in education has increa... Read more

20 Mar 2019

23mins

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

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

The results of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress have just been released and the news is not good. Na... Read more

11 Apr 2018

24mins

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

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

R. Shep Melnick joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how "Dear Colleague" letters are changing how Title XI is interpreted ... Read more

23 Sep 2015

18mins

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

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

Eva Moskowitz, the founder of Success Academy Charter Network, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss her ne... Read more

31 Oct 2017

21mins

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

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

When teachers open their classroom doors and allow trained coaches to observe them and offer feedback, the teachers' ins... Read more

5 Sep 2018

25mins

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

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

Josh Dunn, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, joins EdNext Edit... Read more

26 Feb 2018

14mins

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