On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Joshua Dunn, Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee, joins Mike and David to discuss how public schools will be affected by the end of the Chevron deference—the judicial doctrine in which courts defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new paper criticizing the famous STAR class size study. Recommended content:  “Fishing for rules” —Joshua Dunn, Education Next “The case for the supreme court to overturn Chevron Def ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Mike and David to discuss a new coalition called No More Lines that seeks to end residency requirements for public schools. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study examining whether ESSER funding influenced spending on school personnel. Recommended content:  “Coalition Challenges Residency Requirements for Public Schools” —Jo Napolitano, The 74 “America’s private public schools” —Michael Petrilli and Janie Scull, Fordham Institute Dan Goldhaber, Grace Falken, and Roddy Theobal ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike and David to discuss his new book, Getting Education Right. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study examining how civics educators taught about and framed the 2020 election. Recommended content:  "Getting education right: A conservative vision for improving early childhood, K–12, and college” —Frederick Hess and Michael McShane “Four states are leading the charge for conservative education reform” —Frederick Hess and Michael ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Lorén Cox, the policy director for the Education and Society program at the Aspen Institute, and Karen Nussle, the founder and CEO of Ripple Communications, join Mike and David to discuss how cross-partisanship—both sides agreeing on the same conclusion for disparate reasons—benefits education. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study examining how college achievement and retention is affected by “corequisite” remedial classes—meaning those taken at the same time as, not before, the course requiring the remediation. Recommended co ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Adam Kho, an assistant professor at the Rossier School of Education, and Alex Quigley, the executive director of the Durham Charter School, join Mike and David to discuss whether charter authorizers can determine the quality of prospective charter schools. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study examining the effects of including parental preferences in algorithms that assign students to schools in New York City. Recommended content:  “Do authorizer evaluations predict the success of new charter schools?” —Adam Kho, Shelby ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Miles, the superintendent of Houston ISD, joins Mike and David to discuss the reforms he’s implementing in the Lone Star State’s largest district. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new study of how increased learning time affects reading and math achievement. Recommended content:  “Back to the future: Houston takes a page from ed reform’s recent past” —Dale Chu, Fordham Institute “Texas’s controversial takeover of Houston’s schools” —Daniel Buck, Fordham Institute Matthew Kraft and Sarah Novicoff, “Time in School: A Conceptu ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Chad Aldis, Fordham’s Vice President of Ohio Policy, joins Mike and David to discuss the impending cessation of federal ESSER funds. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study investigating the competitive effects of charter schools on traditional public schools in Florida. Recommended content:  “ESSER’s sunset: Not a cut, but a return to normalcy” —Chad Aldis, Fordham Institute “The fiscal cliff and teacher layoffs” —Chad Aldeman, Fordham Institute “Federal pandemic funds should not disappear just when we need them most” —Ham ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Alan Safran, the CEO and co-founder of Saga Education, joins Mike and David to discuss best practices for high-impact tutoring. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam reports on a new study investigating the impacts of computer science education on early career outcomes. Recommended content:  “Could tutoring be the best tool for fighting learning loss?” —Anna Nordberg, The New York Times “White house calls for focus on tutoring, summer school, absenteeism as pandemic aid winds down” —Chalkbeat Liu, Jing, Cameron Conrad, and David Blazar, “Compute ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Chad Aldeman, the founder of Read Not Guess and a columnist for The 74, joins Mike and David to discuss whether the pandemic-era waiving of teacher licensure rules affected student outcomes. Then, on the Research Minute, Adam Tyner reports on a new paper investigating if school choice can meet the conditions necessary for efficient market functioning. Recommended content: “Emergency-hired teachers do just as well as those who go through normal training” —Chad Aldeman, The 74 “The pandemic’s lesson on teacher licensure” —Matthew Yglesias, Slow Bori ..read more

On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Lindsey Burke, the director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, joins Mike and David to discuss what a second Trump term could mean for federal education policy. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study investigating the impacts of licensure and certification on CTE teacher retention. Recommended content: “If Trump returns…” —Chester E. Finn, Jr., Fordham Institute “Department of Education” —Lindsey M. Burke, chapter in Mandate for leadership  Hannah Kistler, Shaun Dougherty, and S. Colby Woods, “T ..read more