The Education Exchange

Dr. Carey Wright, the State Superintendent of Schools for Maryland, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wright's time as Mississippi's state superintendent, as well as her current role in Maryland.

Angela R. Watson,a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and an assistant research professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the launch of the Johns Hopkins Homeschool Hub.

Patrick J. Wolf, a professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf’s new research, which investigates the impact of private education on civic knowledge, skills and participation. “The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis,” co-written with M. Danish Shakeel, Alison Heap Johnson, Mattie A. Harris and Sarah R. Morris, is available now at Educational Psychology Review: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-024-09874-1"

Vladimir Kogan, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new report from the New York State Education Department which argues that control of schools should move from mayors to school boards.

Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the phenomenon of political leaders who publicly oppose school choice programs, while exercising choice options for their own children.

John Schilling, a senior advisor for the nonprofit Invest in Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Educational Choice for Children Act that is currently being debated in Congress.

Beth Schueler, an Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how tutoring could be used to lessen learning losses in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss urban charter schools, and how a focus on culture rather than rigor is changing their mission.

Donald Wittman, an emeritus professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wittman's latest report, which contends that the University of California erred when it ended the use of SAT and ACT scores in admissions. Wittman's article, "The University of California Was Wrong to Abolish the SAT: Admissions When Affirmative Action Was Banned," is available now. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/emip.12598

Ben Chapman, a reporter for the 74, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Chapman's recent article, which details the recent struggles of charter school operators in Los Angeles, Calif.