Ednext Podcast

Andy Smarick talks with Marty West about innovation in the Catholic school sector. Read the full article here: http://educationnext.org/innovation-in-catholic-education-instruction-governance/

Mike Petrilli and Marty West discuss the role schools can play in putting more low-income children on the path toward success, and what schools need to do differently in order to do a better job.

Marty West talks with Dan Goldhaber about the differences teachers and schools make. Goldhaber is the author of “In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most.” Read the full article here: http://educationnext.org/in-schools-teacher-quality-matters-most-coleman/

Marty West talks with Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs, and Erica Woolway, authors of the new book Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction. Read an excerpt of the book here: http://educationnext.org/background-knowledge-doug-lemov-reading-reconsidered-excerpt/

Marty West talks with Anna Egalite about the Coleman Report's finding that family background explained more about student achievement than factors within the control of the school or other things that education policy can influence. Read the full article here: http://educationnext.org/how-family-background-influences-student-achievement/

Susan Patrick sits down with EdNext editor Paul E. Peterson to discuss what impact the new Every Student Succeeds Act could have on digital learning.

Tom Kane talks with Marty West about why education research is not having an impact on education policy and what it would take for decisions made by policymakers at the state and local level to be influenced by research.

Amanda Olberg interviews Paul E. Peterson about the results of his new analysis of state academic standards, and in particular, how high states are setting the bar for student proficiency.

Steven Rivkin of the University of Illinois at Chicago sits down with Marty West to discuss how school segregation has changed since the publication of James S. Coleman’s “Equality of Educational Opportunity” report in 1966.

Joshua Goodman sits down with Marty West to discuss the impact of snow days on student achievment.

Marty West of EdNext talks with Greg Toppo about academic games and James Coleman's idea that they could be used to increase motivation and academic performance among teens.

Eric Hanushek talks with Paul E. Peterson about President Obama’s education legacy.

Eric A. Hanushek of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University sits down with EdNext Editor Paul E. Peterson to discuss the lasting impact of James S. Coleman’s report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.”

Michael Lovenheim of Cornell University sits down with Marty West to discuss his new study on the impact of teacher collective bargaining.

Mike Petrilli of the Fordham Institute joins Ed Next executive editor Marty West to discuss the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Who were the real winners and losers in this deal? And what happens next?

William Howell of the University of Chicago talks with Marty West about the Every Student Succeeds Act and federal education policy in the Obama administration.

Deborah McGriff, managing partner of NewSchools Venture Fund, discusses the charter school movement with Marty West.

Ira Nichols-Barrer and Brian Gill of Mathematica Policy Research sit down with Marty West to discuss an important testing decision faced by Massachusetts: whether to keep the MCAS assessment or switch to the PARCC assessment.

Gerard Robinson of the American Enterprise Institute sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss how education is being discussed in the early stages of the presidential race.

David J. Deming sits down with Ed Next’s Marty West to discuss his new study on the effects of a test-based accountability system in Texas.