The Report Card with Nat Malkus
AEI Podcasts
The Report Card with Nat Malkus is the education podcast of the American Enterprise Institute. It is a hub for discussing innovative work to improve education – from early childhood to higher education – and the lives of America’s children. It evaluates research, policy, and practice efforts to improve the lives of families, schools and students. The Report Card seeks to engage with everyone who is interested in education in an accessible way. It brings guests that are doing compelling work across a spectrum from high level policy changes to innovations at the classroom level, work that will start conversations about improving education and the lives of children more broadly. Each episode lets listeners – policymakers, teachers, and parents –learn relevant information that they can use in their efforts to improve education.
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May 18, 2020 • 29min
What will it take to get back to school? (with Rick Hess and Candice McQueen)
To say that the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most significant disruptions our education system has ever faced is hardly an understatement. Back in March, without a warning, 50 million students were shut out of school buildings and asked to engage in new modes of learning. Now, with less than a month left of […]
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Apr 20, 2020 • 28min
Leadership in the coronavirus pandemic, with Governor Jeb Bush
Gov. Jeb Bush joins to discuss the immense leadership challenges COVID-19 has brought to bear against all leaders, from the White House to the schoolhouse.
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Apr 8, 2020 • 30min
Teacher leadership amid coronavirus
In mere weeks, coronavirus toppled a long-standing pillar of our education system: students receiving in-person instruction from teachers. In the face of this turbulent change, teachers around the country have stepped up to help their students — and their colleagues — adapt to these constraints. Today, Nat talks with three teacher-leaders who are forging a […]
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Apr 3, 2020 • 38min
Teaching amid the coronavirus pandemic
Among those whose work has been most impacted by the coronavirus pandemic are teachers. In the course of just a few weeks, nearly all of the nation’s 3.6 million elementary and secondary school teachers have had to reorient their carefully crafted lesson plans for distance learning. What’s more, many of them have had mere days […]
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Mar 28, 2020 • 36min
Superintendents and coronavirus (with Josh Starr and Duncan Klussmann)
With America's education system upended, school districts are faced with complex concerns. Nat talks with two superintendents about how to confront them.
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Mar 24, 2020 • 27min
Coronavirus and school closures (with John Bailey)
COVID-19 has upended America's school system in unprecedented ways. AEI Fellow John Bailey joins to provide insight from his 2005 work combatting influenza
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Mar 13, 2020 • 41min
Minerva and the future of higher education with Ben Nelson
The world of higher education has increasingly come under fire in the past few years. As concerns about rising tuition costs, workplace readiness of graduates, and inequitable admissions practices have become widespread, criticisms of colleges have become more vehement. Minerva is taking these challenges head-on. Founded by former Snapfish CEO Ben Nelson in 2011, the […]
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Feb 28, 2020 • 42min
Liberian education and Bridge International Academies with George Werner and Steve Cantrell
Liberian Education Minister George Werner and Bridge Int'l VP Steve Cantrell talk about how their partnership has helped transform Liberia's school system.
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Feb 14, 2020 • 36min
Why Meadow Died: with Max Eden
The 2018 Stoneman Douglas shooting was the deadliest school shooting in US history. Author Max Frost offers his take on how to prevent similar tragedies.
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Jan 24, 2020 • 37min
Evaluating supplemental curricula with Morgan Polikoff
Dr. Morgan Polikoff of USC joins Nat to discuss the materials teachers use to create engaging lesson plans, much of which is made without oversight
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