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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 a…

Ed Next Book Club – Education Next


    • Oct 9, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ed Next Book Club: Failing Our Brightest Kids – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2015


    Mike Petrilli interviews Chester Finn and Brandon Wright about their new book.

    Ed Next Book Club: The Prize – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2015 47:17


    Mike Petrilli talks with Dale Russakoff about her new book on school reform in Newark. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? tells a gripping, and mostly depressing, tale of the reform efforts in woebegone Newark, complete with some of the most colorful characters in American public life today. Chris Christie. Corey Booker. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. Appointed schools superintendent Cami Anderson. And of course the teachers and students who are the true heroes of the book—and the victims of a school system—and a reform effort—gone badly astray.

    Ed Next Book Club: The Game Believes In You – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 28:37


    Mike Petrilli interviews Greg Toppo about his new book.

    Ed Next Book Club: A Democratic Constitution for Public Education – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2015


    Mike Petrilli interviews Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim about their new book.

    Ed Next Book Club: Dana Goldstein on The Teacher Wars – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2014


    Mike Petrilli interviews Dana Goldstein about her new book on teachers.

    Ed Next Book Club: Laurence Steinberg on Age of Opportunity – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014


    Mike Petrilli talks with Laurence Steinberg about his new book on what science tells us about adolescence.

    Ed Next Book Club: Elizabeth Green on Building a Better Teacher – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014


    Mike Petrilli interviews Elizabeth Green about her new book on great teaching.

    Ed Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire on On the Rocketship – by Education Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 36:10


    Mike Petrilli interviews Richard about his new book about the high-performing Rocketship charter network.

    Ed Next Book Club: Sam Chaltain on Our School – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2014 41:41


    Mike Petrilli talks with Sam Chaltain about schools, community, and choice.

    Ed Next Book Club: Amanda Ripley on The Smartest Kids in the World – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2013 35:07


    Mike Petrilli talks with Amanda Ripley about her bestselling book.

    Ed Next Book Club: Endangering Prosperity – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2013


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson, Eric Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann about their new book.

    Ed Next Book Club: Sarah Carr on Hope Against Hope – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2013 23:31


    Mike Petrilli talks with Sarah Carr about school reform in New Orleans

    Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2013 32:30


    Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about her new autobiography, 'Radical: Fighting to Put Students First.'

    Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2013 30:07


    Mike Petrilli talks with Tony Wagner about how schools can light the spark of innovation within their students.

    Ed Next Book Club: Andy Smarick on The Urban School System of the Future – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 30:56


    Mike Petrilli talks with Andy Smarick about alternatives to urban school districts.

    Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2012 28:06


    Mike Petrilli talks with David Cohen about the depressing track record of efforts to improve teaching and learning.

    Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2012 30:51


    Mike Petrilli talks with Nate Levenson about getting by with smaller school budgets.

    Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2012


    Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Tough about his new book on the role of grit in success.

    Ed Next Book Club: Michael Horn on Disrupting Class – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2012 30:54


    Mike Petrilli talks with Michael Horn about disruptive innovation in education.

    Ed Next Book Club: Peg Tyre’s The Good School – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2012


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality.

    Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough’s Whatever it Takes – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2012 37:58


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough about his book on the Harlem Children’s Zone.

    Ed Next Book Club: Chester Finn’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2011 32:02


    Mike Petrilli talks with Chester Finn about the path education reform has taken over the past 40 years and his own path through history.

    Ed Next Book Club: Paul Peterson’s Saving Schools – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2011


    Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson about six great education heroes.

    Ed Next Book Club: Rick Hess’ The Same Thing Over and Over – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2011 39:27


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Rick Hess about his magnum opus.

    Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s Special Interest – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2011 40:46


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Terry Moe about teachers unions

    Ed Next Book Club: Jay Mathews’ Work Hard, Be Nice – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2011 38:24


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Jay Mathews about his book on the founding and early years of KIPP.

    Ed Next Book Club: David Whitman’s Sweating the Small Stuff – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2011 39:25


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with David Whitman about paternalistic schools.

    Ed Next Book Club: Gene Maeroff’s School Boards in America – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2011 41:14


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.

    Ed Next Book Club: John Merrow’s The Influence of Teachers – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2011 41:57


    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.

    Ed Next Book Club: Alexander Russo’s Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2011 32:18


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Alexander Russo about his book on Locke High School and Green Dot's efforts to turn it around.

    Ed Next Book Club: Richard Kahlenberg’s Tough Liberal – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2011 42:07


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Richard Kahlenberg about his biography of Al Shanker.

    Ed Next Book Club: Dan Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School? – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2011 32:51


    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.

    Ed Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire’s The Bee Eater – by  

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2011 32:14


    Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Richard Whitmire about his new biography of Michelle Rhee.

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