NEPC Talks Education

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Houston about the complex landscape of partisanship and polarization in education policy.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Francesca López about asset-based educational policies, practices, and programs.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Paula Arce-Trigatti and Caitlin Farrell about the components of research-practice partnerships, and discuss how research goals, research design, and practice look different across RPPs.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews professors Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about the implications of discriminatory censorship laws in K-12 education.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, and Carolina Montez-DeOca about their use of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), a collaborative methodological approach that centers youth voice and expertise in crafting research design to enact social change.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Matthew Kelly about the history of K-12 school finance policy and politics.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Adrienne D. Dixson about Critical Race Theory  and K-12 education.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes about the impact of school choice and vouchers on K-12 students and public schools.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sarah Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer, and Katherine Michelmore about the intersection of education policy and social policy.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews about state takeovers of K-12 public school districts.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah about the causes and potential consequences of declining enrollment.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Linda Molner Kelley and Derek Pierce about creating and sustaining professional and healthy school cultures that support teachers.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Huriya Jabbar about K-12 school choice policy and its impacts on educational stakeholders.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Carrie Sampson about the role of school boards in K-12 educational policymaking.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor David Knight about K-12 school finance policy and practice.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Derek Black about the role of the law and litigation in K-12 education policy.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Garcia about using research to engage in education policy.

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sonya Douglass about schools' efforts and capacity to promote racial justice in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEPC Researcher and University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Richard Ingersoll and Tuan Nguyen about teacher shortages.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, and Kameisha Smith about the use of corporal punishment in schools.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Kristal Moore Clemons, Kendall Deas, and Jon Hale about Freedom Schools.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner about their new book, School's Choice: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Raymond C. Pierce and Meagan Crowe of the Southern Education Foundation about the relationship between social, economic, and educational policy.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Derek Briggs and Scott Marion about the reporting and use of state and national test results.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Jeff Vincent, Julien Lafortune, and Kathleen Gebhardt about K-12 public school facilities and infrastructure spending.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Audrey Watters about her new book, Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Sade Bonilla and Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales about how ethnic studies curriculum and responsive pedagogy may increase student academic engagement and attainment.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Gloria Ladson-Billings about policymakers' response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2019.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Ann Ishimaru and members of Supporting Partnerships in Education and Beyond (SPED) about creating a system that is responsive to the cultures, languages, priorities, needs, hopes and dreams of the many racially and culturally diverse youth and families in our schools.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Lorrie Shepard about the Biden administration’s decision to require standardized testing this year.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Bruce Baker and Preston Green about COVID-19 relief funds, school vouchers, and reparations.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Kabria Baumgartner about her book In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire about their new book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Terrenda White about teacher dissent in neoliberal times.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Ben Williamson about education technology in schools.

NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Doris A. Santoro about why teachers leave the profession of teaching.

NEPC researcher Chris Saldaña and UCLA Berkeley professor Janelle Scott discuss the recent emergence of K-12 learning pods as a response by parents to the challenges of remote learning.