Education Next
By Education Next
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Podcast Description
Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Our podcasts include stories, interviews, and discussions of the latest developments in education policy. The Education Next Book Club features in-depth interviews by Mike Petrilli with authors of new and classic books about education. For more information visit educationnext.org
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Paul Tough’s Whatever it Takes | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough about his book on the Harlem Children’s Zone. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System | Mike Petrilli talks with Diane Ravitch about her best-selling book and her vision for the future. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Chester Finn’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik | Mike Petrilli talks with Chester Finn about the path education reform has taken over the past 40 years and his own path through history. | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Paul Peterson’s Saving Schools | Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson about six great education heroes. | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStudents in Affluent School Districts Post Mediocre Results | Podcast: Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countries. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPower to the Principals | Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss a study of Chicago principals who were given the power to choose which teachers to fire. | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Peg Tyre’s The Good School | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality. | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA New Leader for New Orleans | Podcast: John White talks with Education Next about his goals for the Recovery School District. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Rick Hess’ The Same Thing Over and Over | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Rick Hess about his magnum opus. | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNCLB Waivers | Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss efforts by Arne Duncan to give states some leeway with respect to NCLB. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s Special Interest | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Terry Moe about teachers unions | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGOP Candidates on Education | Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss education policy and the Republican candidates for president. | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGrounds for Dismissal | Podcast: Eric Hanushek and Marty West discuss two new studies that look at teacher dismissals. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Jay Mathews’ Work Hard, Be Nice | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Jay Mathews about his book on the founding and early years of KIPP. | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: David Whitman’s Sweating the Small Stuff | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with David Whitman about paternalistic schools. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Gene Maeroff’s School Boards in America | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: John Merrow’s The Influence of Teachers | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author John Merrow about his book—and what he’s learned from the countless hours he’s spent as a reporter in America’s classrooms. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMore Lecturing, More Learning | Podcast: Guido Schwerdt talks with Ed Next about his new study finding that students learn more math and science when their teachers devote more time to lecturing and less time to problem-solving activities. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Alexander Russo’s Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Alexander Russo about his book on Locke High School and Green Dot's efforts to turn it around. | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTaking the Measure of Michelle Rhee | Podcast: Paul Peterson analyzes two new reports on Michelle Rhee’s performance as D.C.’s Schools Chancellor and describes his new findings on the gains made by D.C. students. | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow Valuable Is an Effective Teacher? | Podcast: Rick Hanushek talks with Ed Next's Paul Peterson about his new study estimating the economic impact of teachers who produce higher than average gains in student learning. | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Richard Kahlenberg’s Tough Liberal | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Richard Kahlenberg about his biography of Al Shanker. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Dan Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School? | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with psychology professor Dan Willingham about his book, which is organized around nine questions a teacher could ask a cognitive scientist. | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Christian Brothers and their Public Schools | Podcast: Peter Meyer reports from Chicago, where two public schools have been launched by a Roman Catholic religious order. | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEd Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire’s The Bee Eater | Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Richard Whitmire about his new biography of Michelle Rhee. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
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