The Education Gadfly Show

By Thomas B. Fordham Institute

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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.

Episode Date
#917: The end of Chevron Deference, with Joshua Dunn
Apr 24, 2024
#916: The case for curriculum reform, with Robert Pondiscio
Apr 17, 2024
#915: Eliminating school boundaries, with Derrell Bradford
Apr 10, 2024
#914: A comprehensive vision for conservative education reform, with Rick Hess
Apr 03, 2024
#913: Advancing cross-partisan education policies, with Lorén Cox and Karen Nussle
Mar 27, 2024
#912: Predicting charter school success, with Adam Kho and Alex Quigley
Mar 20, 2024
#911: The flaws in school funding formulas, with Rebecca Sibilia
Mar 13, 2024
#910: Reforming Houston ISD, with Mike Miles
Mar 06, 2024
#909: Rethinking “equitable” grading, with Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey
Feb 28, 2024
#908: The looming expiration of Covid relief funds, with Chad Aldis
Feb 21, 2024
#907: How to do tutoring right, with Alan Safran
Feb 14, 2024
#906: Does teacher licensing matter?, with Chad Aldeman
Feb 07, 2024
#905: Trump’s education agenda, with Lindsey Burke
Jan 31, 2024
#904: Residential mobility, student achievement, and charter schools, with Douglas Lauen
Jan 24, 2024
#903: Reducing poverty with the child tax credit, with Angela Rachidi
Jan 17, 2024
#902: Reforming New York’s Regents Exams, with Ray Domanico
Jan 10, 2024
#901: Charter schools just keep winning, with Debbie Veney
Jan 03, 2024
#900: The best and worst of ed reform in 2023, with Checker Finn
Dec 20, 2023
#899: The District of Columbia’s voucher program turns twenty, with Kara Arundel
Dec 13, 2023
#898: How much competition public schools face, with Jeanette Luna
Dec 06, 2023
#897: Addressing grade inflation, with Tim Daly
Nov 29, 2023
#896: The fiscal cliff and teacher layoffs, with Chad Aldeman
Nov 15, 2023
#895: Knowledge and the science of reading, with Natalie Wexler
Nov 08, 2023
#894: The victims of grade inflation, with Tim Donahue
Nov 01, 2023
#893: When to hold kids back, with Umut Özek and Louis Mariano
Oct 25, 2023
#892: A solution to teacher shortages, with Kirsten Baesler
Oct 18, 2023
#891: The fight for school choice in the Lone Star State, with Denisha Allen
Oct 11, 2023
#890: How exclusionary zoning impedes educational opportunity, with Richard Kahlenberg
Oct 04, 2023
#889: The trials and triumphs of charter schools over the past decade, with Nina Rees
Sep 27, 2023
#888: Building bridges in education reform, with Frances Messano
Sep 20, 2023
#887: Bringing accountability back to American education, with Checker Finn
Sep 13, 2023
#886: Achievement gaps among advanced students, with Adam Tyner
Sep 06, 2023
#885: Virtual teachers are back, with Linda Jacobson
Aug 30, 2023
#884: Texas takes over Houston’s schools, with William McKenzie
Aug 23, 2023
#883: The student behavior crisis, with Daniel Buck
Aug 16, 2023
#882: Defending Mississippi’s literacy gains, with Rachel Canter
Aug 09, 2023
#881: School choice, the science of reading, and other wins in Ohio, with Aaron Churchill
Aug 02, 2023
#880: Everything wrong with California’s math framework, with Tom Loveless
Jul 26, 2023
#879: Chatting about evidence-based chatbots, with Perpetual Baffour
Jul 19, 2023
#878: Our “savage inequalities” are no more, with Adam Tyner
Jul 12, 2023
#877: Don’t overpromise on learning loss, with Jim Peyser
Jul 05, 2023
#876: The chronic absenteeism crisis, and what to do about it, with Alia Wong
Jun 28, 2023
#875: Charter schools that help students earn college credentials, with Kevin Teasley
Jun 21, 2023
#874: How to build a continuum of advanced learning opportunities, with Nick Colangelo
Jun 14, 2023
#873: Private and charter school teachers are thriving, with Paul DiPerna
Jun 07, 2023
#872: The religious charter school debate, with Kathleen Porter-Magee
May 31, 2023
#871: The severity of pandemic learning loss, with Tom Kane
May 24, 2023
#870: The Great School Rethink, with Rick Hess
May 17, 2023
#869: Strong long-term outcomes for English learners in Texas charter schools, with Deven Carlson
May 10, 2023
#868: Virginia’s new history and social science standards, with Andy Rotherham
May 03, 2023
#867: How Core Knowledge schools boost students’ reading comprehension, with Robert Pondiscio
Apr 26, 2023
#866: The challenges of implementing through-course assessments, with Scott Marion
Apr 19, 2023
#865: The challenges of parenting gifted children, with Gail Post
Apr 12, 2023
#864: Using team teaching to improve student outcomes, with Carole Basile and Brent Maddin
Apr 05, 2023
#863: How charter schools affect district resources, with David Griffith and Paul Bruno
Mar 29, 2023
#862: The education implications of Chicago’s mayoral election, with Natalie Neris and Hal Woods
Mar 22, 2023
#861: The fight to lift the charter school cap in New York City, with Crystal McQueen-Taylor
Mar 15, 2023
#860: Social media and kids’ declining mental health, with Michael Horn
Mar 08, 2023
#859: Eliminating honors classes won’t advance equity, with Scott Peters
Mar 01, 2023
#858: The Trump and DeSantis culture war fixation, with Dale Chu
Feb 22, 2023
#857: The states leading the way in literacy, with Kymyona Burk and Tom Greene
Feb 15, 2023
#856: Why education savings accounts won’t bring educational pluralism, with Ashley Berner
Feb 08, 2023
#855: How states are fighting credential inflation, with Rick Hess
Feb 01, 2023
Education Gadfly Show #854: How districts should prepare for the coming school closures, with Tim Daly
Jan 25, 2023
Education Gadfly Show #853: The Supreme Court and religious charters schools, with Nicole Garnett
Jan 18, 2023
Education Gadfly Show #852: New Year’s resolutions for America’s schools, with Robert Pondiscio
Jan 11, 2023
Education Gadfly Show #851: The case for teaching writing in the age of ChatGPT, with Checker Finn
Jan 04, 2023
Education Gadfly Show #850: 2022’s most important education stories, with Marc Porter Magee
Dec 21, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #849: The success of Denver’s “portfolio”-style school reform, with Parker Baxter
Dec 14, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #848: Talking about “Unbundling” with Bellwether’s Julie Squire
Dec 07, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #847: States, snake-oil, and the science of reading, with Kymyona Burk
Nov 30, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #846: What do the midterm elections mean for the parents’ rights movement?
Nov 16, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #845: Why schools are wasting millions of dollars on ineffective online tutoring
Nov 09, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #844: An ode to overly-optimistic teachers, with Seth Gershenson
Nov 01, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #843: Halloween a week early with NAEP results in
Oct 25, 2022
#842: Industry-recognized credentials aren’t living up to their potential
Oct 18, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #841: Good news for a change: Most states appear to be spending their ESSER dollars wisely
Oct 12, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #840: The state of state education reform
Oct 05, 2022
#839: Do “for-profit” charter schools deserve their bad reputation?
Sep 28, 2022
#838: Was the charter sector too slow to reopen schools for in-person learning?
Sep 21, 2022
#837: Re-stating education: Not as modest as it sounds!
Sep 14, 2022
#836: How should schools handle any Covid waves this school year?
Sep 07, 2022
#835: The expanding partisan gap on K-12 education
Aug 31, 2022
#834: Whether industry-recognized credentials benefit high schoolers
Aug 24, 2022
#833: Are we witnessing the end of education reform?
Aug 17, 2022
#832: Removing barriers to the classroom in the face of a (possible) teacher shortage: Yes or no?
Aug 10, 2022
#831 Resurfaced: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools
Aug 03, 2022
Education Gadfly Show #830: When it comes to Covid learning loss, the bleeding has stopped- 7/26/22
Jul 27, 2022
#829: Is there a future for standards-based reform? - 7/20/22
Jul 20, 2022
#828: Arizona’s expanded ESA: The big enchilada of school choice - 7/13/22
Jul 13, 2022
#827: The debate over “no zeroes” grading policies
Jul 06, 2022
#826: Research Deep Dive: What we know about gifted education - 6/30/22
Jun 30, 2022
#825: Learning loss may get worse before it gets better - 6/23/22
Jun 22, 2022
#824: Dana Suskind on supporting low-income parents in their children’s early years - 6/15/2022
Jun 15, 2022
#823: How detrimental was remote learning? - 6/8/22
Jun 08, 2022
#822: Checker Finn: Why we need—and need to improve—NAEP - 6/1/22
Jun 01, 2022
#821: Sec. Aimee Rogstad Guidera on the state of education in Virginia - 5/24/22
May 24, 2022
#820: Social-emotional learning doesn’t have a hidden agenda - 5/18/22
May 18, 2022
#819: The pod on (pandemic) pods 5/11/22
May 11, 2022
#818: Kate Walsh on the state of teacher quality in America - 5/4/22
May 04, 2022
#817: Doug Lemov on rebuilding school culture amid a mental health epidemic - 4/27/22
Apr 27, 2022
#816: Want kids back in school? Make sure they feel safe. - 04/20/22
Apr 20, 2022
#815: Paul Hill vs. Checker Finn: Does Denver prove that portfolio districts are doomed? - 4/13/22
Apr 13, 2022
#814: How Biden’s proposed regulations would hurt charter schools - 4/6/22
Apr 06, 2022
Education Gladfly Show: The literal research minute
Apr 01, 2022
#813: Rick Hess and Mike Petrilli on ed reform and culture wars - 3/30/22
Mar 30, 2022
#812: How to follow the science to improve elementary education - 3/23/22
Mar 23, 2022
#811: How one district scouts for talent for its gifted programs - 3/16/22
Mar 16, 2022
#810: College for all or college for some? - 3/9/22
Mar 09, 2022
#809: Diversity, the law, and the future of selective-admission schools - 3/2/22
Mar 02, 2022
#808: End school mask mandates. It’s now or never - 2/23/22
Feb 23, 2022
#807: What are schools doing with their Covid relief dollars? - 2/16/22
Feb 16, 2022
#806: On school boards, curriculum controversies, and a Parents’ Bill of Rights - 02/8/22
Feb 09, 2022
#805: High schools didn’t get the memo that college isn’t for everyone - 02/02/22
Feb 02, 2022
#804: How charter schools are closing achievement gaps in metro areas - 01/26/22
Jan 26, 2022
#803: John Bailey on Omicron and schools - 1/20/2022
Jan 19, 2022
#802: Erica Green on the pandemic’s impact on high school students - 1/12/2022
Jan 12, 2022
#801: Grumpy New Year with Checker Finn - 1/5/22
Jan 05, 2022
#800: Why we need virtue education in our classrooms - 12/21/2021
Dec 22, 2021
#799: Build Back Better’s big impact on pre-k and child care - 12/15/21
Dec 15, 2021
#798: Which metro areas are accelerating student learning? - 12/08/21
Dec 08, 2021
#797: Why debunked reading practices continue to spread - 11/30/21
Nov 30, 2021
#796: What Glenn Youngkin’s election says about education politics today - 11/16/21
Nov 16, 2021
#795: Why we should test in K–2 - 11/10/21
Nov 10, 2021
#794: Universal pre-K seems imminent. Should we celebrate? - 11/4/21
Nov 04, 2021
#793: How D.C. increased teacher diversity and quality - 10/28/21
Oct 28, 2021
#792: NAEP scores were falling even before the pandemic. Was the Great Recession to blame? - 10/21/21
Oct 21, 2021
#791: Is this the end of gifted education in New York City? - 10/13/21
Oct 13, 2021
#790: Why boys flail - 10/07/21
Oct 07, 2021
#789: Too many lost Einsteins - 9/30/21
Sep 30, 2021
#788: Has the pandemic caused an exodus to charter schools? - 9/23/21
Sep 23, 2021
#787: How the Delta variant is impacting back-to-school season - 09/16/21
Sep 16, 2021
#786: Research deep dive: The impact of school voucher programs - 09/09/21
Sep 09, 2021
#785: Helping students fight disinformation online - 09/2/21
Sep 01, 2021
#784: Remote learning worked well for some students. What schools can learn from that. - 08/26/21
Aug 26, 2021
#783: One teacher’s call for choice and content-rich curricula - 08/19/21
Aug 19, 2021
#782: Whatever you do, don’t call it social and emotional learning - 08/12/21
Aug 12, 2021
#781: The House Democrats’ attack on charter schools - 08/04/21
Aug 04, 2021
#780: The state of teacher licensure - 07/28/21
Jul 28, 2021
#779: How districts are spending federal aid - 07/21/21
Jul 21, 2021
#778: The virus isn’t done with schools - 07/14/21
Jul 14, 2021
#777: O-H-I-O: School reform victories in the Buckeye State - 07/08/21
Jul 08, 2021
#776: Can curriculum reform succeed where the rest of standards-based reform failed? - 07/01/21
Jul 01, 2021
#775: The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History - 06/23/21
Jun 23, 2021
#774: Research Deep Dive: The impact of urban charter schools - 06/16/21
Jun 16, 2021
#773: Should schools offer a virtual option this fall? - 06/10/21
Jun 10, 2021
#772: What’s going to happen to the NAEP reading test? - 06/02/21
Jun 02, 2021
#771: Same old, same old: How districts are spending federal relief dollars (so far) - 05/26/21
May 27, 2021
#770: Hooray for Florida’s new school choice legislation - 05/20/21
May 20, 2021
#769: Should we break up behemoth school districts? - 05/12/21
May 12, 2021
#768: Debating Biden’s universal pre-K plan - 05/05/21
May 05, 2021
#767: The fight to get kids back in class five days a week - 04/28/21
Apr 28, 2021
#766: The U.S. Department of Education’s puzzling take on testing in 2021 - 04/21/21
Apr 21, 2021
A victory for charter school funding in Oklahoma - 04/14/21
Apr 14, 2021
The pandemic’s silver lining: School choice victories in statehouses nationwide - 04/07/21
Apr 07, 2021
Good news on instructional materials - 03/31/21
Mar 31, 2021
Accelerating learning post-pandemic - 03/24/21
Mar 25, 2021
How to get high-dosage tutoring right - 03/17/2021
Mar 17, 2021
Biden’s relief bill will cut child poverty in half. What’s not to like? - 03/10/21
Mar 10, 2021
A view from the frontlines of the reopening wars - 03/03/21
Mar 03, 2021
Does Biden have the right tack on school reopenings? - 02/24/21
Feb 24, 2021
More parents now admit that their kids have fallen behind academically. Can that awareness power a new wave of reform? - 02/17/21
Feb 17, 2021
Hard evidence on charter schools and district finances - 02/10/21
Feb 10, 2021
Federal Covid-19 stimulus, round three - 02/03/21
Feb 03, 2021
School Choice Week 2021 - 01/27/21
Jan 27, 2021
The education issues facing state legislatures in 2021 - 01/20/21
Jan 20, 2021
Another reason we need to test students in 2021 - 1/13/21
Jan 13, 2021
What does Miguel Cardona’s time in Connecticut imply about his future in Washington? - 01/06/21
Jan 06, 2021
Emily Oster and Noelle Ellerson Ng answer the big question: Will schools reopen this spring? - 12/16/20
Dec 16, 2020
Assessing Joe Biden’s early childhood plans - 12/09/20
Dec 09, 2020
The legacy of Lamar Alexander - 12/02/20
Dec 02, 2020
State budget cuts and our schools - 11/18/20
Nov 18, 2020
Why public education may never return to normal - 11/11/20
Nov 11, 2020
What the election means for education reform - 11/5/20
Nov 06, 2020
Coping with the costs of declining enrollments - 10/28/20
Oct 28, 2020
The loathsome war on exam schools - 10/21/20
Oct 21, 2020
Lemov and Woolway on teaching like a champion—online - 10/14/20
Oct 14, 2020
Reading comprehension is not a skill, and other lessons from Fordham’s latest study - 10/07/20
Oct 07, 2020
How to open a school safely during a pandemic - 09/30/20
Sep 30, 2020
How the pandemic could lead to smarter school spending - 09/23/20
Sep 23, 2020
How did those online summer camps go? - 09/16/20
Sep 16, 2020
Two years after Janus, why are teachers unions stronger than ever? - 09/09/20
Sep 09, 2020
The politics of school reopenings - 09/02/20
Sep 02, 2020
How America’s best charter schools crushed the Covid-19 challenge - 08/26/20
Aug 26, 2020
On Biden’s education platform - 08/19/20
Aug 19, 2020
What about outdoor classes this fall? - 08/12/20
Aug 12, 2020
Another reason for more school autonomy - 8/5/20
Aug 05, 2020
Should districts outsource virtual learning? - 07/29/20
Jul 29, 2020
NAEP’s flawed reading revamp - 07/22/20
Jul 22, 2020
What the coronavirus resurgence means for reopening schools - 07/15/20
Jul 15, 2020
Why fall testing could do more harm than good - 07/08/20
Jul 08, 2020
How assessment data can drive instruction this fall - 07/01/20
Jul 01, 2020
The case for good schools as a state constitutional right - 06/24/20
Jun 24, 2020
Effecting real change in America - 06/17/20
Jun 17, 2020
School districts failed the remote learning test - 6/10/20
Jun 10, 2020
The crisis’s outsized impacts on Catholic schools - 06/03/20
Jun 03, 2020
The link between location and income - 05/27/20
May 27, 2020
Teacher to Chief: Pathways to Education Leadership - 05/20/20
May 19, 2020
What Americans think about schools’ response to the Covid crisis - 05/13/20
May 13, 2020
A blueprint for reopening schools - 05/06/20
May 06, 2020
Schools and social distancing: Just hard, or actually impossible? - 04/29/20
Apr 29, 2020
The one where the pandemic turns Robert into a big softie - 04/22/20
Apr 22, 2020
How schools can personalize instruction when students return next fall - 04/15/20
Apr 15, 2020
Research Deep Dive: The impact of school closures - 04/08/20
Apr 08, 2020
How school districts are dealing with COVID-19 - 04/02/20
Apr 02, 2020
COVID-19 concerns: Special education and accountability - 03/25/20
Mar 25, 2020
On technocrats and culture wars - 03/11/20
Mar 11, 2020
Heavens to Betsy's block grant - 03/04/20
Mar 04, 2020
Community schools and disadvantaged families - 02/26/20
Feb 26, 2020
The barriers blocking students of color from challenging courses - 02/19/20
Feb 19, 2020
Why teachers with higher grading standards get better student outcomes - 02/12/20
Feb 12, 2020
Finding the right school for your child - 02/05/20
Feb 05, 2020
School Choice Week 2020 - 01/29/20
Jan 29, 2020
Research Deep Dive: School discipline reform - 01/22/20
Jan 22, 2020
The 2020 election and education reform - 01/15/20
Jan 15, 2020
The best education research studies of 2019 - 01/08/20
Jan 08, 2020
Why rural education matters - 12/17/19
Dec 17, 2019
On online curriculum materials - 12/11/19
Dec 11, 2019
The effects of early college programs - 12/04/19
Dec 04, 2019
The obstacles of evidence-based practices - 11/26/19
Nov 26, 2019
Are screens to blame for NAEP’s bottom falling out? - 11/20/19
Nov 20, 2019
The Scarcity of High-Quality Early Childhood Education - 11/13/19
Nov 13, 2019
NAEP 2019: It (was) the economy, stupid - 11/06/19
Nov 06, 2019
On education, Warren’s got a pander for that - 10/30/19
Oct 30, 2019
Early warning: Kindergarten readiness skills are trending downward - 10/23/19
Oct 23, 2019
Why the Big Easy’s big gains are over - 10/16/19
Oct 16, 2019
Research Deep Dive: Everything we know about effective teachers - 10/09/19
Oct 09, 2019
Charter schools lift all boats - 10/02/19
Oct 02, 2019
The meaning of Success Academy's success - 09/25/19
Sep 25, 2019
All about AP - 09/18/19
Sep 18, 2019
Parents’ role in school improvement - 09/11/19
Sep 11, 2019
Trends in public opinion on choice, testing, and teacher salaries - 09/04/19
Sep 04, 2019
Boosting student outcomes with end-of-course exams - 08/28/19
Aug 28, 2019
The homecoming court edition - 08/21/19
Aug 21, 2019
Media literacy in our schools - 08/14/19
Aug 14, 2019
Should all students be prepared for both college and career? - 08/07/19
Aug 06, 2019
Is it time to reform discipline reform? - 07/31/19
Jul 31, 2019
What rural Americans think about charter schools - 07/24/19
Jul 24, 2019
One small step for man, one giant leap for our schools? - 07/17/19
Jul 17, 2019
While the Democratic candidates debate the past, the future of education policy is in the hands of the states - 07/10/19
Jul 10, 2019
Research, practice, and the feds - 06/26/19
Jun 25, 2019
Getting wonky on the Democratic candidates’ education ideas - 06/19/19
Jun 19, 2019
Data-based decision-making is great, as long as data are not only test scores - 06/12/19
Jun 12, 2019
The benefits of having a same-race teacher - 06/05/19
Jun 05, 2019
Rural schools and the urban bleed - 05/29/19
May 29, 2019
Education leadership’s gender imbalance - 05/22/19
May 22, 2019
Can we really transform district schools? - 05/15/19
May 15, 2019
Should U.S. schools mandate foreign language instruction? - 05/08/19
May 08, 2019
Preschool for children of immigrants - 05/01/19
May 01, 2019
Searching for “deeper learning”—and not finding it - 04/24/19
Apr 24, 2019
Will charter opposition come for D.C.? - 04/17/19
Apr 17, 2019
Is Checker going soft on “social and emotional learning”? - 04/10/19
Apr 10, 2019
CTE and local labor markets - 04/03/19
Apr 03, 2019
Are schools ready for an economic downturn? - 03/27/19
Mar 27, 2019
Education’s philanthropic shift - 03/20/19
Mar 20, 2019
Richard Whitmire is all about the B.A. - 03/13/19
Mar 13, 2019
How KIPP-DC develops and retains teachers - 03/06/19
Mar 06, 2019
Philadelphia’s brotherly love between charter, district, and parochial schools - 02/27/19
Feb 26, 2019
Out of commission - 02/20/19
Feb 20, 2019
The profit motive and education - 02/13/18
Feb 13, 2019
Millennial parents and education reform - 02/06/19
Feb 06, 2019
Teacher strikes, Democrats, and ed reform - 01/30/19
Jan 30, 2019
The state of choice during National School Choice Week - 01/23/19
Jan 23, 2019
School choice’s hopeful new year - 01/16/19
Jan 16, 2019
Federal education policy in 2019 - 01/09/19
Jan 09, 2019
Educational pluralism - 12/19/18
Dec 19, 2018
America’s choice deserts - 12/12/18
Dec 11, 2018
The sad state of credit recovery - 12/05/18
Dec 05, 2018
How to separate the wheat from the chaff on technical credentials - 11/28/18
Nov 28, 2018
The end of education policy? - 11/20/18
Nov 19, 2018
Equity and access in American high schools - 11/14/18
Nov 14, 2018
Much about the midterms - 11/07/18
Nov 07, 2018
An #Eduween riddle: How is pre-school research like a skunk? - 10/31/18
Oct 31, 2018
School report cards in the ESSA era - 10/24/18
Oct 24, 2018
School choice for English language learners - 10/17/18
Oct 17, 2018
The state of school choice - 10/10/18
Oct 10, 2018
The consequences of grade inflation - 10/03/18
Oct 03, 2018
We aren't teaching kids how to read - 09/26/18
Sep 26, 2018
Multiple pathways in the Lone Star State - 09/19/18
Sep 19, 2018
Gadfly Show 091218
Sep 12, 2018
Gadfly Show 090518
Sep 05, 2018
Is the IRS poised to harm school choice? - 08/29/18
Aug 29, 2018
How good are states’ English language arts standards? - 08/22/18
Aug 22, 2018
How African American children view our education system - 08/15/18
Aug 15, 2018
All about ed tech - 08/08/18
Aug 08, 2018
Golden State charter politics - 08/01/18
Aug 01, 2018
Education tailored to the whole child - 07/25/18
Jul 25, 2018
How high schools can boost college completion - 07/18/18
Jul 18, 2018
Does the admissions process for New York City's selective high schools need fixing? - 07/11/18
Jul 11, 2018
How schools can better prepare for the worst - 06/27/18
Jun 27, 2018
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink - 06/20/18
Jun 20, 2018
"Personalized pacing" would be a real revolution. Are our elementary schools ready for it?
Jun 12, 2018
Gadfly Show 060618
Jun 06, 2018
Gadfly Show 052318
May 23, 2018
Halted Hoosiers - 05/16/18
May 16, 2018
Racial disparities in special education identification: The conventional wisdom is all wrong - 05/09/18
May 09, 2018
Most parents still live in Lake Wobegon - 05/02/18
May 02, 2018
O-H-I-No - 04/25/18
Apr 25, 2018
A better curriculum in the Bayou State - 04/18/18
Apr 18, 2018
Is America still a nation at risk? - 04/11/18
Apr 11, 2018
America’s “lost decade” of academic achievement - 04/04/18
Apr 04, 2018
States lead on education - 03/28/18
Mar 28, 2018
A conversation with 2018’s Wisest Wonks - 03/21/18
Mar 20, 2018
Ruminating on the Kerner Commission’s fiftieth anniversary - 03/14/18
Mar 14, 2018
Ed reform's past, present, and future - 03/07/18
Mar 07, 2018
Where is the next "education governor"? - 02/28/18
Feb 28, 2018
Howard Fuller on school segregation - 02/21/18
Feb 21, 2018
The Olympian challenges facing America's high schools - 02/14/18
Feb 14, 2018
Gadfly Show 020718
Feb 07, 2018
Gadfly Show 013118
Jan 31, 2018
Special School Choice Week edition - 01/24/18
Jan 24, 2018
America does not need 3 million curricula - 01/17/18
Jan 17, 2018
A master class in state policymaking - 01/10/18
Jan 10, 2018
State policymaking in the ESSA era - 01/03/18
Jan 03, 2018
Are states' ESSA plans naughty or nice?
Dec 20, 2017
The politics of Teach For America
Dec 13, 2017
Three cheers for charter leaders of color
Dec 05, 2017
The charter schools popularity contest
Nov 29, 2017
Do ESSA plans deserve our thanks?
Nov 21, 2017
Education reform's avocado toast moment
Nov 15, 2017
Much ado about DeVos
Nov 08, 2017
Cheer up, education reformers
Nov 01, 2017
Reinventing Andy Smarick
Oct 25, 2017
The state of early childhood education
Oct 18, 2017
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Oct 10, 2017
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Oct 04, 2017
The thing about school closures
Sep 27, 2017
Praise for charter teachers—for showing up to work
Sep 20, 2017
Is New York City vacuously filling teacher vacancies?
Sep 13, 2017
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Sep 06, 2017
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Aug 30, 2017
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Aug 23, 2017
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Aug 16, 2017
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Aug 09, 2017
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Aug 02, 2017
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Jul 26, 2017
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Jul 19, 2017
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Jul 12, 2017
State ESSA plans: Just BS, or reform's BFF?
Jul 05, 2017
The student engagement edition
Jun 28, 2017
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Jun 21, 2017
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Jun 13, 2017
State ESSA plans: More than just pretty words?
Jun 07, 2017
The teacher diversity edition
May 31, 2017
Charters and vouchers: Two peas in a pod
May 24, 2017
In praise of ed tech
May 16, 2017
What we know about school vouchers
May 10, 2017
Congress makes a deal
May 03, 2017
Education Gadfly Show: Should schools teach the success sequence?
Apr 26, 2017
Forget ESSA, let's talk about ESAs!
Apr 19, 2017
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Apr 12, 2017
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Apr 05, 2017
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Mar 29, 2017
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Mar 22, 2017
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Mar 15, 2017
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Mar 07, 2017
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Mar 01, 2017
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Feb 22, 2017
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Feb 15, 2017
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Feb 08, 2017
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Feb 01, 2017
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Jan 25, 2017
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Jan 18, 2017
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Jan 11, 2017
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Jan 04, 2017
Gadfly Show 122116
Dec 19, 2016
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Dec 14, 2016
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Dec 07, 2016
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Nov 30, 2016
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Nov 22, 2016
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Nov 16, 2016
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Nov 09, 2016
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Nov 02, 2016
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Oct 26, 2016
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Oct 19, 2016
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Oct 12, 2016
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Oct 05, 2016
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Sep 28, 2016
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Sep 21, 2016
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Sep 14, 2016
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Sep 07, 2016
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Aug 31, 2016
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Aug 24, 2016
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Aug 17, 2016
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Aug 10, 2016
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Aug 03, 2016
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Jul 27, 2016
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Jul 19, 2016
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Jul 13, 2016
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Jul 06, 2016
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Jun 28, 2016
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Jun 22, 2016
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Jun 15, 2016
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Jun 08, 2016
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Jun 01, 2016
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May 25, 2016
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May 18, 2016
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May 11, 2016
GadflyShowDraftB
May 05, 2016
GadflyDraftA
May 04, 2016
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May 04, 2016
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Apr 27, 2016
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Apr 20, 2016
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Apr 13, 2016
Gadfly Show Draft Two
Apr 07, 2016
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Apr 06, 2016
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Mar 30, 2016
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Mar 23, 2016
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Mar 15, 2016
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Mar 09, 2016
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Mar 02, 2016
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Feb 24, 2016
Gadfly Test Revamp 1
Feb 22, 2016
Gadfly Show Revamp Test
Feb 22, 2016
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Feb 17, 2016
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Feb 10, 2016
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Feb 03, 2016
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Jan 27, 2016
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Jan 20, 2016
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Jan 13, 2016
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Jan 06, 2016
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Dec 18, 2015
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Dec 16, 2015
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Dec 09, 2015
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Dec 02, 2015
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Nov 20, 2015
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Nov 18, 2015
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Nov 11, 2015
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Nov 04, 2015
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Oct 28, 2015
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Oct 20, 2015
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Oct 14, 2015
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Oct 06, 2015
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Sep 30, 2015
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Sep 22, 2015
The Deflategate edition
Sep 09, 2015
The Kanye edition
Sep 08, 2015
The Harbaugh edition
Sep 02, 2015