The Education Exchange

Paul is joined by EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss findings from the new EdNext poll on school reform, which measured public support for the rights of Muslim students and of evangelical students to form afterschool religious clubs. Read more on the 2017 EdNext poll here: http://educationnext.org/2017-ednext-poll-school-reform-public-opinion-school-choice-common-core-higher-ed/

Former New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss some of her accomplishments in the state.

The new federal education law requires states to determine whether ineffective teachers are concentrated in schools with disadvantaged students. But how will states identify ineffective teachers? In this episode of the Education Exchange, Paul E. Peterson is joined by Stanford’s Eric Hanushek to discuss how states have identified qualified teachers and effective teachers and how they plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act.

This week, Paul speaks to Gregorio Caetano and Vikram Maheshri during a break in the National Bureau of Education Research conference in Cambridge, Mass., to discuss their paper, "Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation: 1988-2014," and how segregation has changed in the past 30 years.

This week, Paul talks to Charles Barone, the director of policy at Democrats for Education Reform, about the House Appropriation Committee's decision to drop several of Donald Trump's proposals to broaden School Choice.

This week, Paul E. Peterson talks to Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, about Mayor Bill de Blasio and mayoral control of charter schools in New York City.