The Education Exchange Paul E. Peterson
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A weekly podcast highlighting education policy news, hosted by Paul E. Peterson, Senior editor of Education Next
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Ep. 335 - March 25, 2024 - High-Dosage Tutoring: A Prescription for Learning Loss
Beth Schueler, an Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how tutoring could be used to lessen learning losses in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ep. 334 - March 18, 2024 - Why Some Charters Care Less about Learning
Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss urban charter schools, and how a focus on culture rather than rigor is changing their mission.
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Ep. 333 - March 11, 2024 - Is It Smart to Drop SATs from College Admissions?
Donald Wittman, an emeritus professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wittman's latest report, which contends that the University of California erred when it ended the use of SAT and ACT scores in admissions.
Wittman's article, "The University of California Was Wrong to Abolish the SAT: Admissions When Affirmative Action Was Banned," is available now.
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Ep. 332 - March 4, 2024 - To Live and Die in LAUSD: Charters in Trouble
Ben Chapman, a reporter for the 74, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Chapman's recent article, which details the recent struggles of charter school operators in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ep. 331 - Feb. 26, 2023 - A Chronic Case of Truancy
Nat Malkus a senior fellow and the deputy director of education policy at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Malkus's latest report, which looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on chronic absenteeism in schools.
Malkus's report, "Long COVID for Public Schools: Chronic Absenteeism Before and After the Pandemic," is available now.
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Ep. 330 - Feb. 20, 2024 - A Strike No One Bargained For
Jim Stergios, the executive director of the Pioneer Institute, Jim Stergios, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the teachers strike that took place in Newton, Mass., and if it could lead to future strike activity in the state.
Stergios recently published an op-ed in the Boston Globe, "Teachers strikes hurt the students."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/29/opinion/newton-teachers-strike-hurts-students/