The Education Gadfly Show
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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, Stephanie Distler, at sdistler@fordhaminstitute.org.
Episodes
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Oct 14, 2015 • 22min
Gadfly Show 10142015
Oct 6, 2015 • 20min
Gadfly Show 10072015
Sep 30, 2015 • 20min
Gadfly Show 09302015
Sep 22, 2015 • 20min
Gadfly Show 09232015
Sep 9, 2015 • 18min
The Deflategate edition
The Washington State Supreme Court's attack on charters, New York State’s Common Core review, mindfulness in education, and charter schools' impact on Georgia property values.Amber's Research MinuteSOURCE: Carlianne Patrick, "Willing to Pay: Charter Schools’ Impact on Georgia Property Values," Fiscal Research Center, Georgia State University (August 2015).
Sep 8, 2015 • 19min
The Kanye edition
Education in New Orleans, school governance, Common Core-aligned assignments, and charter school openings in NYC.Amber's Research Minute SOURCE: Andrew Saultz, Dan Fitzpatrick, and Rebecca Jacobsen, "Exploring the Supply Side: Factors Related to Charter School Openings in NYC," Journal of School Choice: International Research and Reform, vol. 9 no. 3 (August 2015).
Sep 2, 2015 • 22min
The Harbaugh edition
Education on the campaign trail, an appetite for gifted schooling, racial opinion gaps on testing, and how teacher expectations vary by race.Amber's Research Minute SOURCE: Seth Gershenson, Stephen B. Holt, and Nicholas Papageorge, "Who Believes in Me? The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations," Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Working Paper 231 (July 2015).
