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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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A weekly podcast highlighting education policy news, hosted by Paul E. Peterson, Senior editor of Education Next

    Ep. 335 - March 25, 2024 - High-Dosage Tutoring: A Prescription for Learning Loss

    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.

    • 30 min
    Ep. 334 - March 18, 2024 - Why Some Charters Care Less about Learning

    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.

    • 34 min
    Ep. 333 - March 11, 2024 - Is It Smart to Drop SATs from College Admissions?

    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.

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/emip.12598

    • 26 min
    Ep. 332 - March 4, 2024 - To Live and Die in LAUSD: Charters in Trouble

    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.

    • 30 min
    Ep. 331 - Feb. 26, 2023 - A Chronic Case of Truancy

    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.

    https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/long-covid-for-public-schools-chronic-absenteeism-before-and-after-the-pandemic/

    • 31 min
    Ep. 330 - Feb. 20, 2024 - A Strike No One Bargained For

    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/

    • 25 min

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