Podcast appearances and mentions of andy smarick

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Starlee Coleman, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins Mike and David to discuss the religious charter schools case currently before the U. S. Supreme Court. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber shares a study out of Dallas on whether an automatic Algebra enrollment policy boosted participation among underserved students.Recommended content: “SCOTUS should mandate state support for religious education, but not via charter schools”—Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute“Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Landscape for Charter and Religious Schools”—Mark Walsh, Education Week“The religious charter schools case is a bigger deal than you think”—Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute“Why SCOTUS should—and will—approve faith-based charter schools”—Andy Smarick, Thomas B. Fordham Institute“Closing the Gaps: An Examination of Early Impacts of Dallas ISD's Opt-out Policy on Advanced Course Enrollment”—Daniel Vargas Castaño, Dareem K. Antoine, and Trey Miller, EdWorkingPapers (May 2025)Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Stephanie Distler at sdistler@fordhaminstitute.org.  

On April 30, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, in which a virtual school in Oklahoma is attempting to become the nation's first religious charter school.On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus and four experts discuss and debate the case and the many questions it raises: Can religious charter schools be constitutional? What would religious charter schooling mean for American education? Are religious charter schools good for school choice? And what might Oklahoma's religious charter school mean for the future of religious education? Derek Black is a professor of law and the Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Joshua Dunn is the Executive Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.Kathleen Porter-Magee is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the managing partner of the Leadership Roundtable, a Catholic nonprofit.Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he focuses on education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism.Note: This episode is adapted from the most recent installment of the American Enterprise Institute's Education Policy Debate Series, which was held at AEI on April 16. A video recording of the debate can be found here.

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Anne Hyslop, Director of Policy Development at All4Ed, joins Mike and David to discuss the evolving federal role in K–12 education—particularly how the Secretary of Education's waiver authority may—and may not--impact state flexibility on spending and testing under ESSA (the current iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act). Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reviews a new study out of Massachusetts that examines whether students in departmentalized elementary schools perform better in middle school.Recommended content: Anne Hyslop and Dave Powell, ESEA Waivers 101: Explaining the Secretary of Education's Waiver Authority, All4Ed and Education First (2025)Dale Chu, “Waiver and out: How red states plan to push the limits of federal ed policy,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute (April 3, 2025).Andy Smarick, “Trump needs to call Lamar,” Thomas B. Fordham Institute (March 20, 2025).Benjamin Backes, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, Building Bridges to Middle School? Elementary School Departmentalization and Academic Achievement in the Upper Grades, CALDER (2025)Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Stephanie Distler at sdistler@fordhaminstitute.org.  

Is Rocky II almost as good as the first one? How much worse is Rambo II than Rambo I?

In the first installment of a short miniseries within the pod, Andy Smarick helps us think through what the original Rocky and Rambo have in common as future icons of 80s American cinema (and beyond). Both of the titular characters are symbolic of lives irresponsibly wasted -- but by different forces, and in different ways, and with different possibilities for redemption.

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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about how the 2022 campaign and election cycle provided an opportunity to better understand whether national issues and narratives around education match those at the state level. Read Andy's full report here: https://bit.ly/3ECp4Hr Produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Education was a big issue for voters this past year, and it continues to be a kitchen table issue for families, both in terms of federal and state education policy. So, the Manhattan Institute has released an in depth look at education policy during some of the recent gubernatorial elections. Andy Smarick from the Manhattan Institute breaks down the hot button issues, how they were divided along partisan lines, what worked, and what didn't. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Andy Smarick, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the consolidation of modern school districts, and how the increased size of districts can restrict choice options and responsiveness to families. Smarick's piece, "Too Big to Succeed: It's time to break up the nation's largest school districts," is available now at City Journal. https://www.city-journal.org/time-to-break-up-nations-largest-school-districts

Welcome to Earth! Andy and I get together to remember a time when Will Smith wasn't yet a huge star, when Harry Connick, Jr. was just a crooner, and when Jeff Goldblum was still playing characters rather than "Jeff Goldblum." And we talk about the 90s geopolitics that made this movie possible, including Vietnam War memory, Clinton-era cosmopolitanism, and the role of aliens as an external and existential threat to unified humanity.

First, Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss his ideas education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism. Then, Rafael Mangual, head of research for the Policing and Public Safety Initiative at the Manhattan Institute, stops by to discuss the research and ideas behind his recent book “Criminal Injustice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most.”

The question of the proper role of government once unified the right, but now it divides it. Some conservatives are increasingly open to an assertive role for the state, particularly in supporting family formation. But what rules and standards should define that role? The principle of subsidiarity can be of enormous help in tackling this question and in shaping conservative family policy. Guest Andy Smarick joins us to define subsidiarity and discuss how it might inform policymakers. Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism. This podcast discusses themes from Andy's essay in the Summer 2022 issue of National Affairs, “https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/subsidiarity-and-family-policy (Subsidiarity and Family Policy).”  

Social media would have you believe that we're living through the end of the American experiment, with neighbor severely polarized against neighbor. Whether that is true or not, is the answer to all the yelling and screaming found in the Constitution and the institutions that have served America for centuries? The Manhattan Institute's Andy Smarick has a new piece in The Dispatch outlining how smarter dissent and working within institutions can lead to better outcomes for the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Saturday edition of "The Daily Signal Podcast" features a discussion with Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on how education is evolving after the COVID-19 pandemic.School lockdowns, masking, and other restrictions have affected how parents across America think about their children's education. COVID-19 accelerated certain trends that already were afoot, such as the demand for increasing school choice opportunities outside public schools.Moreover, parts of America have been the scene of tremendous battles over the content of curriculum, particularly regarding critical race theory, which parents were shocked to find in their children's instruction.So what's next?Smarick observes that COVID-19 launched "small learning communities really oriented around the needs of families and kids" because restrictions during the pandemic resulted in "50 million students [who] suddenly had to find something different because their schools were shut down.""And that's when we saw the rise of pods, hubs, and hybrid homeschooling and also microschooling," he says. "This is just a wonderful Tocquevillian response, spontaneous order to a calamitous situation where all these parents were saying, 'Heavens, we just need new options for our kids because they're not getting anything and I still have to work.'"The real question is whether this revolution in education will continue. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of our Big Ideas series we speak with Andy Smarick, a Manhattan Institute fellow, who has recently published a series of reports on microschooling.

In recent years, family policy—what the government can do to strengthen the formation of American families—has come to occupy the minds of many political and cultural figures. That's a good thing, since the family is the first and most important human institution, and children who are born into healthy families generally turn out far better than those who aren't. It makes sense, then, that government should try to help families flourish, or at least make sure it doesn't make it harder for them to do so. This week, the policy researcher Andy Smarick joins the podcast to explain what's behind the many new proposals to help the American family, drawing on a recent essay he published in Mosaic. In conversation with Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver, he explains that few of the ideas being discussed in Washington lately have actually bolstered families in other countries, and that the left and the right have different conceptions of what the family actually is and what it's for, which makes coming up with policy ideas they can agree upon very difficult. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble.

In recent years, family policy—what the government can do to strengthen the formation of American families—has come to occupy the minds of many political and cultural figures. That's a good thing, since the family is the first and most important human institution, and children who are born into healthy families generally turn out far better […]

There are 13,000 different school districts in this country and 13,000 different ways to try to tackle learning, especially during the pandemic. One approach that has taken off in the past two years is "microschooling." America has a long history of small-school environments, such as one-room schoolhouses and homeschools. But the Covid pandemic kicked the search for new or revived models of school into high gear. All of which begs the question, is this back to the future approach better? Is it scalable? And who does it serve better than the current way we do school? Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on education and civil society. He's previously served as the chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission and as president of the Maryland State Board of Education. He's just released three case studies that describe how Idaho, New York, and Arizona have handled microschools, and he joins us to explain whether this really is the wave of the future.

Just Turn the Teleprompter Around               Today:  John offers his predictions and advice for the tonight's State of the Union Address.  Then, James Taylor, President of the Heartland Institute, has a suggestion for what Biden should propose to do about gas prices and energy independence in his address to the nation.  Finally, Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute talks about the growing trend of micro-schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown –Monday, November 15, 20214:20 pm: Jeffrey Lord of American Spectator on how the Washington Post has admitted it was wrong about the Donald Trump-Russia collusion story and how the Post, and other publications, has lost credibility4:38 pm: Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute joins Rod for a conversation about how conservatives can make education reform a winner in future elections6:05 pm: Phil Martial, Chief of Veterans Services for the Utah Department of Workforce Services joins Rod to discuss the many services they have available to Utah veterans6:20 pm: Alana Semuels, Senior Economics Correspondent for TIME Magazine joins the show to discuss her piece about how their isn't a trucker shortage in America, just people that don't want to work in such poor working conditions6:35 pm: Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joins Rod to discuss his piece in the Deseret News about the disappearance of the American middle class

Is the long-awaited, much anticipated, highly elusive infrastructure compromise at hand?  On Thursday morning, President Biden and a swarm of US Senators said yes, but within two hours Biden appeared at a second press conference and said maybe not.  We also look at the future of American education: what have parents learned during the pandemic, and what will teachers be teaching this fall?  Andy Smarick, Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics and Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief join moderator Andrew Walworth on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway. 

Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and former aid at the White House Domestic Policy Council under President George W. Bush, joins host Amy Marxkors to discuss the future of conservatism and the GOP. Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury's authorized biographer, joins Amy for an indulgent conversation about “Fahrenheit 451.” Amy also talks about her love of language and her fear that our language is being diminished. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy's piece in The Dispatch: https://thedispatch.com/p/what-the-narrative-on-school-reopenings Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism. He currently serves as the chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission and was previously the president of the Maryland State Board of Education. His other government experience includes serving as an aide in the White House Domestic Policy Counsel of President George W. Bush, legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, New Jersey deputy commissioner of education, and legislative aide at the Maryland state legislature. Previously, Smarick was a senior fellow and director of the program on civil society, education, and work at the R Street Institute, as well as a Morgridge Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He helped found a college-prep charter school for disadvantaged students and the National Alliance for Public Charter schools, and he was a founding board member of 50CAN.

Only those in the wonky 1 percent should subject themselves to today’s nerdtastic Remnant, in which Jonah is joined for a third time by the Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick. The pair use Andy’s recent Dispatch piece on the folly of never-ending school closures to launch a wide-ranging discussion of the pandemic culture war and divisions among conservatives. Should you be friends with politicians? Why are some Americans desperate for normalcy to never return? And is it wise for so many right-wing whippersnappers to reject the so-called “dead consensus”? Unsurprisingly, Jonah thinks Hayek has the answer to at least one of those questions.   Show Notes: -Andy Smarick - the Manhattan Institute -Jim Geraghty on opening with the 10th step of a 10-step argument -Last week’s Remnant with Dan Crenshaw -Jonah: “Giuliani's Sorry Path from Law-and-Order Mayor to Villainous Clown” -Giuliani: “My attitude to my legacy is …” -Andy: “What the Narrative on School Reopenings Has Missed” -Randi Weingarten calls American Jews “part of the ownership class” -The View of the World from 9th Avenue -Joy Reid is too scared to enjoy life after she’s vaccinated -Steven Petrow: “I’m Vaccinated, but I’m Not Really Ready to Leave My Pandemic Cocoon” -Hadley Arkes and peers argue for a “better” originalism -Catholics v. libertarians in the 1960s -Marco Rubio: “Amazon Should Face Unionization Drive Without Republican Support” -Mitt Romney’s child allowance proposal -Jonah is flattered by R.R. Reno’s gushing review of Suicide of the West -YouGov’s recent survey of 2020 Trump voters -Hayek’s “The Use of Knowledge in Society” -David French on nutpicking See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this inaugural episode of The Duckpin Podcast, we speak to education expert Andy Smarick about public schools in the time of the Coronavirus. About the Episode: In this episode we discuss; The impact of the coronavirus on public schools. How the pandemic will affect the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing schools. How public school systems may adjust their thinking. The debate around the creation of learning pods. How will the pandemic impact the policy debate surrounding charter schools and school vouchers? What will public education look like in the post-pandemic environment? What will the impact of the pandemic be on the Kirwan Commission recommendations and funding? About the Guest: Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work focuses on education, civil society, and the principles of American conservatism. He was confirmed by the Maryland State Senate in March 2020 for a term on the Maryland Higher Education Commission. He has also served as an aide in the White House Domestic Policy Council of President George W. Bush, president of the Maryland State Board of Education, a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, the New Jersey deputy commissioner of education, and a legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives. Smarick's work has appeared in leading news outlets like the Washington Post and The Atlantic, and he also writes for City Journal, The Bulwark, and The Dispatch. You can follow him on Twitter @smarick. The Duckpin can be found at TheDuckpin.com. We're also @TheDuckpin on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

This week on the Faith Angle Podcast, we are joined by Andy Smarick and Tim Schultz. Guests: Andy Smarick Tim Schultz Links: The Bostock Ruling with Tim Schultz Congress Should Act to Balance LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom Letters in the Time of Covid Liberty, Government, and the Preservation of Civil Society Protecting the Products of Liberty What the Espinoza Decision Means for Other Aspects of Religious Freedom Who’s winning the culture war? Answer: No one Follow us | faithangle.org

Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins a sleep-deprived Jonah in a discussion of schools in the time of COVID — all 14,000 districts’ worth. After nerding out over Supreme Court cases, civics, and badly misremembering an episode of M*A*S*H, Andy ends on a note of optimism while Jonah (hopefully) goes to get some sleep somewhere in Alaska. Show Notes: -Adrian Vermeule’s common-good constitutionalism  -Sohrab Ahmari vs. David French debates, because why not  -What is Conservatism? With a foreword by Jonah -Bostock v. Clayton County, court opinion delivered by Gorsuch  -AEI survey about parents’ feelings with the approaching school year -Smarick’s piece on how pundits ought to have governing experience  -Lyman Stone on The Remnant -Thomas Sowell’s recent book on charter schools -Andy: What the Espinoza Decision Means for Other Aspects of Religious Freedom -Blaine Amendment -Pierce v. Society of Sisters  -Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer  -CarShield.com, promo code “dingo” to save 10%  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Andy Smarick joins Charlie Sykes to discuss what you learn from "going in the arena", the Veepstakes, 2020 and the polls, and the return of baseball. Special Guest: Andy Smarick.

Andy Smarick is the Director, Civil Society, Education and Work; Resident Senior Fellow at R Street where he researches and writes about civil-society issues, including localism, governing institutions, education and social entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Andy Smarick, former President of the Maryland State Board of Education and former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S.Department of Education, discusses why he thinks the K-12 charter school model might provide a useful enhancement for U.S. higher education.

Andy Smarick discusses Hayek, subsidiarity, and the principles of authentic decentralization.

As Republicans look ahead to the end of the Trump presidency (whether that’s a year away or five years out) many are beginning to ask, “what does a post-Trump GOP look like?”   For conservatives who have spent the past three years as outcasts from a party increasingly given to populist nationalism, the prospects are both exciting and worrying.  Will things ‘go back to normal’?  Will the Republican party once again be the home of conservatism?  Or has Trump permanently changed things?  And, if so, how much has changed?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Andy Smarick who holds an optimistic view of what the future has in store for conservatives.  His recent article in The Bulwark entitled The Post-Trump GOP argues that few presidents have had a lasting impact on their party, and that Trump is even less likely leave his mark as “Trumpism has failed in terms of principles, people, and popularity.”   But it’s not enough to hope for the end of populist nationalism in the GOP.  Conservatives must have something better to offer as an alternative.  And to that end, Andy makes his case for why conservatism has a rich and deep heritage that will long outlast the Age of Trump.   Andy Smarick is the Director, of Civil Society, Education and Work at R Street, a free-market think tank with a pragmatic approach to public policy challenges. We draw inspiration from such thinkers as Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Ronald H. Coase, James M. Buchanan and Arthur C. Pigou.  Andy researches and writes about civil-society issues at R Street, including localism, governing institutions, education and social entrepreneurship.   Before joining R Street, Andy was a Morgridge Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and served as president of the Maryland State Board of Education. Prior to that, he worked at the White House as an aide in the Domestic Policy Counsel and was a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. He was also the deputy commissioner of education in New Jersey and a legislative assistant at the U.S. House of Representatives.   Andy has authored or edited four books The Urban School System of the Future: Applying the Principles and Lessons of Chartering (2012); Closing America’s High-achievement Gap: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Helping Our Most Talented Students Reach Their Full Potential (2013); Catholic School Renaissance: A Wise Giver’s Guide to Strengthening a National Asset (2015); and No Longer Forgotten: The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America (2018).   Andy earned his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude and with honors, in government and politics from the University of Maryland, and his master’s in public management from UMD’s School of Public Policy.  He lives in Stevensville, Maryland with his wife and three kids.

R Street Institute scholar Andy Smarick joins the Remnant to discuss Hayek, subsidiarity, post-liberalism, and more. And in the post-interview show, the Remnant Anglosphere accent contest enters a new stage. Shownotes –The Dispatch –meetcircle.com/DINGO, enter promo code DINGO –OTATrade.com/DINGO –Andy Smarick  –Jean Yarbough’s review of the strikingly Teddy Rooseveltian book by a young Josh Hawley … Continue reading Episode 153: The Wild, the Innocent & the R Street Shuffle→ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

R Street's Andy Smarick talks about his column about The Post-Trump GOP: The optimistic case for a Trumpism-free conservatism and Republican party.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, R Street's Andy Smarick joins guest host Jim Swift to talk about his item on a post-Trump GOP, whenever that happens, and how the underlying principles of the movement might be upheld by future generations. Also, a discussion about how the pipeline of future leaders might survive Trumpism, and how a dedication to government service might ameliorate bumper sticker conservatism. Special Guest: Andy Smarick.

In today’s episode of EdChoice Chats, our Director of National Research Mike McShane talks with Andy Smarick, the civil society education and work director at the R Street Institute. The two discuss the most interesting and shocking findings in "No Longer Forgotten: The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America," a book they edited. For more about school choice programs in America, visit www.edchoice.org.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, R Street's Andy Smarick joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss what the 13 House Republicans who voted against the national emergency have in common, his work for Chris Christie and Larry Hogan and the importance of government service for conservatives, and an update on 2020. Special Guest: Andy Smarick.

We had more Kavanaugh stuff - Andy McCarthy talks about...The left is afraid of conservative justices; the right is afraid of liberal justices. Doesn't this mean that the Supreme Court is doing way too much?What is the unitary executive?How should we distinguish between the unitary executive and an excessive accumulation of power in the executive either by grasping presidents or lazy or cynical legislators? - Andy Smarick discussing...One newsy thing that I'm particularly interested in right now--that's related to the Hayek stuff--is why SCOTUS confirmations are so awful now. I'm of the mind that when the federal gov does too much, power and toxicity drain into DC. Then when Congress doesn't do it's job of legislating and the administrative state gets to bossy and the courts decide that they can get involved in everything, more and more authority ends up in the hands of SCOTUS...meaning the battles over its control are understandably nuclear. - President Trump takes an extraordinary action regarding the FBI investigation into his former wannabe advisor Carter Page and senior FBI official Bruce Ohr.

Drew Perkins talks with Andy Smarick, Morgridge Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about his recent article in National Affairs Magazine regarding the legacy of the structures of control of our education systems and school choice and how rethinking those might lead to real improvements.

BYU's Adam Dynes on partisanship in local politics. Andy Smarick, American Enterprise Institute, discusses the school improvement grant. Graham Peaslee, University of Notre Dame, gives insight on the chemicals found in fast food wrappers. Oregon State University's Bridget Hatfield on teacher-student interactions. Holly Christensen, founder of the Magic Yarn Project, shares her inspiration behind the project. Barbara Rusch explains flirting in the Victorian Era.

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 talks with Andy Smarick about alternatives to urban school districts.

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