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Michael Petrilli is the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Fordham's significant new report, America's Best and Worst Metro Areas for School Quality
Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over ten years broadcasting weekdays – providing you news and commentary rooted in the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and the rule of law. On Friday's show, we visit with William Yeatman, Research Fellow with the Cato Institute, about the year-end crunch for government funding, the debt ceiling, and negotiations on the “Build Back Better” welfare legislation pending in the Senate. We discuss what we've learned about the Omnicron variant and public scepticism about the implementation of more draconian measures with Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. We visit with Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Adam Tyner, about their study on the best and worst metro areas for school quality in America. We also visit with Dr. Jonathan Ellen about the problem of “mission creep” in public health agencies. Please join us for Monday's show. We have terrific guests including the Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, Marc Schulman, President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, Larry Reed, and former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief, Jim McTague. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on bobharden.com, or access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher, Vurbl, and ChoiceSocial).
Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over ten years broadcasting weekdays – providing you news and commentary rooted in the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and the rule of law. On Thursday's show, we visit with Keith Flaugh, Co-Founder of the Florida Citizens Alliance, about their mission to improve public education in Florida and this evening's terrific event featuring Ret General Jerry Boykin. We visit with the President of American Commitment, Phil Kerpen, about the harm created by drug price controls. We visit with Seton Motley, the Founder and President of Less Government about our cultural stagnation and the growing public attraction to gambling. We also visit with the former mayor of Naples, Bill Barnett. We have terrific guests scheduled for Friday's show including William Yeatman, Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, the Director of Health Studies at the Cato Institute, Michael Cannon, Adam Tyner from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and Dave Bego, business owner and author of “The Devil at Our Doorstep.” Please join us live at 7 a.m. on bobharden.com Bob Harden Show News and Commentary You Can Use! bobharden.com , or access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher, Vurbl, and ChoiceSocial).
The president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the results of the 2021 Virginia Governor race, and what the election of Glenn Youngkin could signal for school choice moving forward.
Guests representing diverse political perspectives find some common on these controversial questions: - What does high-quality history and civics education look like in a democratic society? - What should teachers, particularly those who teach history and civic, be teaching our children? - Do new state laws, like HB3979 in Texas and SB623 in Tennessee, that restrict what teachers can talk about with their students strengthen or weaken our democracy? - Should students learn about civics by solving real problems and working with government representatives? Guests include: - Ace Parsi, Director of Outreach and Engagement for Educating for American Democracy - Amber Northern, Senior Vice President for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Danny Diaz, Director of UCLA's History-Geography Project and a former high school history teacher
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Hoover Institution, Stanford University One of the earliest casualties of the COVID-related school closures was school accountability for academic results, and many education leaders want it to stay that way. How do we assure families, students and communities that their schools are fully serving their role? What options are possible and which are politically infeasible? The Hoover Education Success Initiative (HESI) hosts Has school accountability outlived its shelf life? on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 1PM PT. FEATURED PANELISTS Michael Kirst, Stanford University, Panelist: Dr. Kirst is Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration (by courtesy) at Stanford. He is the longest-serving President of California's State Board of Education, having served four terms from 1975 to 1982 and again from 2011 to 2019. Checker Finn, Hoover Education Success Initiative (HESI), Panelist: Dr. Finn is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and member of HESI's Steering Committee. He is President Emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and served as a member of the Maryland State Board of Education. Secretary James Peyser, State of Massachusetts, Panelist: Secretary Peyser directs the Executive Office of Education in Massachusetts, which oversees early childhood education, K-12, and higher education. He is Governor Charlie Baker's most senior education advisor. He chaired the MA Board of Education from 1999 to 2006. MODERATED BY Melanie Barton, Office of Governor McMaster, Moderator: Melanie Barton is senior educator advisor to the Governor of South Carolina. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, an independent nonpartisan committee comprised of education, civic, and business leaders. The Hoover Education Success Initiative (HESI) focuses on providing state leaders with sound research-based recommendations to improve education in America.
Why do so many Americans seem to have no concept of either of the two words, "civic duty?" Amber Northern, director of research for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute says this may be a result of too many states with no, or poorly thought-out standards for teaching US History and Civics in their public schools. The Fordham Institute has been evaluating standards for teaching U S History for a couple of generations. What's being taught in today's classrooms, their study says, is "a national crisis."
The Current Survival Rate for COVID is _______. Today: As cases rise and vaccine rates slow, John suggests one number the media should not ignore. Then, Jeffery McCall, Professor of Communications at DePauw University talks about “misinformation” and the federal government teaming up with social media platforms to define what it is. Finally, Amber Northern, VP of Research for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute surveys the state of civics instruction in USA K-12 schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On "Connecticut Today" with Paul Pacelli, Paul spoke with University of New Haven Criminal Justice Prof. Mike Lawlor on the push to improve the state's juvenile justice system in the wake of a hit-and-run death in New Britain involving a juvenile with multiple arrests. (0:55). Next, Paul welcomed David Griffith, senior research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, to chat about Connecticut's poor performance in a new study looking at the state of standards for civics and U.S. history across the country in 2021 (12:59). Finally, Stratford State Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly came on to talk about comments made by Democrats after a rally held at the Capitol to protest the extension of Governor Ned Lamont's Covid-19 emergency powers (27:03). Image Credit: Getty Images
Today on The Ward Scott Files Podcast: Ward is joined by Amber Northern, senior Vice President for research at the Thomas B. Fordham, discussing the quality of the K-12 civics and history standards adopted by the fifty states and the District of Columbia as of May 1, 2021.
How did the progressive rejection of our Founding Fathers' political principles help lead so many Americans today to reject our core ideals? I'll talk it over with Dr. Ronald Pestritto, author of the book, "America Transformed: The Rise and Legacy of American Progressivism." Plus: David Griffith from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute unveils new data on how well our public schools are teaching civics and U.S. history. Join us for Friday's JANET MEFFERD TODAY.
Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over nine years broadcasting weekdays on the internet – providing you news and commentary based on the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and the rule of law. On Monday's show, we discuss the “Delta Variant” of COVID, the recent U.S airstrike in Syria, the results of the French regional elections, and the reasons for the growing tension between Israel and Poland with the Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, Marc Schulman. We discuss “The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S History for 2021” with Amber Northern from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. We also discuss the re-emergence of Donald Trump and the impact of the Biden administration. We have great guests lined up for Tuesday's show including our State Senator Kathleen Passidomo, the author of “Greetings from Paradise” (and my wife) Linda Harden, entertaining local guest commentator Boo Mortenson, and the founder and President of Less Government, Seton Motley. Please join us for Monday's show. We have terrific guests including the Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, Marc Schulman, author and former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief, Jim McTague, and Amber Northern from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on this website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher, ChoiceSocial and Vurbl).
Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over nine years broadcasting weekdays on the internet – providing you news and commentary based on the principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government and the rule of law. On Friday's show, we visit with William Yeatman, Research Fellow with the Cato Institute, about the continuing negotiations on the “infrastructure” bill, and we discuss Biden's threat to use “reconciliation” to pass his $multi-trillion “human infrastructure” package. We visit with the Director of Health Studies at the Cato Institute, Michael Cannon, about the risks of vaccinating young people for COVID. We visit with renowned American political scientist. Charles Murray, about his new book, “Facing Reality.” We also visit with Dave Bego, Founder and CEO of Executive Management Services author of “The Devil at Our Doorstep” about union activity under the Biden administration. Please join us for Monday's show. We have terrific guests including the Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, Marc Schulman, author and former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief, Jim McTague, and Amber Northern from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on this website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher, ChoiceSocial and Vurbl).
The dudes discuss Samantha Hedges' new piece in Discourse Magazine: Social Justice Is Now the Fourth Purpose of Public Schools and All Four Are in Conflict: https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2021/04/21/social-justice-is-now-the-fourth-purpose-of-public-schools-and-all-four-are-in-conflict/ We also interview Robert Pondiscio (@rpondiscio), senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute about his new piece in EducationNext: https://www.educationnext.org/can-teaching-be-improved-by-law-twenty-states-measures-reading/
Michael Brickman is a national policy leader and principal at Sheer Partners. The Washington D.C-based advisory focuses on guidance at the intersection of education and careers. Previously, he served as a senior advisor for the U.S Department of Education, and was National policy director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. In this conversation, Michael explains how his experience in higher education spurred him on to improving the institution for the next generation, and his hopes to make it more of an enjoyable journey; describes ongoing disparities in student attainment and the impact this is set to have on employers being unable to meet their quotas; and shares how important it is for the purpose and goals of institutions to be aligned with the pursuits of the students that are attending them.
The global pandemic made standardized testing impractical for much of 2020. Before we get used to life without high-stakes exams--as lovely as that might sound--let’s consider what we lose when we abandon objective academic assessments. Amy and Mike invited author and researcher Mike Petrilli to explicate the heightened need for testing in 2021. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What makes testing controversial? Why is 2021 different from other years? What is the value of standardized test scores in educational systems? Have standards changed during the pandemic period? In what ways are tests agents of equity and access? MEET OUR GUEST Mike Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer, he is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma, editor of Education for Upward Mobility, and co-editor of How to Educate an American. Mike has published opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg View, and Slate, and appears frequently on television and radio. Petrilli helped to create the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement, the Policy Innovators in Education Network, and, long, long ago, Young Education Professionals. He serves on the advisory boards of the Association of American Educators, MDRC, and the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. He lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland. Find Mike at https://fordhaminstitute.org/ or @MichaelPetrilli. LINKS Without tests in 2021, we’ll never know which schools met the Covid-19 challenge RELATED EPISODES WHY GRADE INFLATION IS HARMFUL WHY TESTING STANDARDS MATTER DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER: WHAT TESTING TELLS US ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.
What are schools really teaching our kids? Are they educating them on information that is actually relevant to our world right now? Most of our schools just aren’t teaching our kids things like how to vote and make wise decisions about policies. Those topics usually aren’t even brought up. That’s why I am so excited to talk with Ashley Berner this week. Ashley is the Director of the John Hopkins Institute for Education Policy. In this position, she helps make the connection between what happens in schools to how prepared students are to be active citizens of a democratic society. In this episode, we are discussing the role parents have in preparing our kids for that kind of conscious citizenship. Tune in to hear some amazing insights from Ashley. Show Highlights: How Ashley defines civics. The 4 adult capacities of an informed citizen. The benefits of watching political speeches and debates with our children and critiquing what we see. Why we should explain our own views and opposing views to our children. How to get your kids engaged in civics if you’re not a political family. The power of explaining the rationale behind our perspectives. Practical things we can do to give our kids a civics education. The importance of engaging in and talking about the suffering in the world with your kids. How to raise your kids to discern between facts and conspiracy theories. Links (affiliates included): Some resources for parents: “Parent Resource: Civics at Home.” Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, April 22, 2020. “In a Polarized America, What Can We Do about Civil Disagreement?” Brookings (blog), April 10, 2020. “Partisanship and American Education.” Flypaper at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute(blog), October 15, 2020. “An Informed Citizenry.” Johns Hopkins University: The Hub(blog), October 30, 2020. Parenting Forward Conference Sessions - https://www.parentingforwardconference.com/2020-sessions Join us at the Parenting Forward Patreon Team - https://www.patreon.com/cindywangbrandt Parenting Forward, the Book - https://amzn.to/3g0LJPn *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com
The President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how education may remain changed since the Covid-19 pandemic, when teachers might return to schools full time, and why cameras in the classroom may be here to stay. Petrilli's article, "A Post-Covid Case for Classroom Cameras," is available now. https://www.educationnext.org/post-covid-case-classroom-cameras-pandemic-ends-keep-teachers-cameras-on/
In this podcast video, redefinED’s executive editor speaks with longtime education choice advocate Chad Aldis, vice president for Ohio policy and advocacy at Fordham, wo previously served as executive director… The post podcastED: Matt Ladner interviews Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Chad Aldis appeared first on redefinED.
Adam Tyner, Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins us to unpack his recent research findings on Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. A snapshot of this study is highlighted in EducationWeek's article, Does Social Studies Build Stronger Readers? A New Study Suggests So. We ask Adam about possible reasons why and how social studies instruction impacts reading comprehension, and make connections to why this research is compelling for HQIM implementers. If you'd like to hear more from Adam, you can find him moonlighting on The Fordham Institute's The Education Gadfly Show Podcast.
In this Rural Voice episode, we interview Dr. Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is also a senior advisor to Democracy Prep Public Schools, a high-performing charter school network based in Harlem, New York. He has written extensively on education best practices. This interview discusses the differences between curriculum development and deployment in elementary and secondary education. Robert examines the intersections and divergence in educational policy and outcome and how structuring educational curriculum is as important as teaching. Dr. Pondiscio suggests we should explore development and deployment responsibility, look to best practices in education, and understand administrative decisions' theoretical underpinnings in measuring and reporting on educational standards mainly related to low socio-economic communities and school districts. https://www.robertpondiscio.com/ Win Learning sponsors the Rural Education Education Association Podcast. Please visit their website at https://www.winlearning.com/nrea
A Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Chester E. Finn, Jr., joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Finn's new policy analysis, which looks into the state of school accountability five years after the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Finn's analysis, "School Accountability — Past, Present, and Future," is available now: https://www.hoover.org/research/school-accountability-past-present-and-future
Amber Northern is the senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s studies and research staff. She has published in the areas of educational accountability, principal leadership, teacher quality, and academic standards, among others. Prior to joining Fordham, she served as senior study director at Westat. In that role, she provided evaluation services for various federal, state, and local education agencies, as well as oversaw multiple research studies involving reading instruction, math and science partnerships, performance-based pay, and more. Her work and commentary has been featured in various print and broadcast media, including Fox News, HuffPost Live, NPR, National Review, and Education Next. Northern serves on the Board of Trustees for Somerset Prep, a charter school in Washington, D.C. She holds a Ph.D. in education policy and evaluation from the University of Virginia, and a M.S. in secondary education from Old Dominion University. She started her career as a high school teacher. Thomas B. Fordham Research Institute Website - https://fordhaminstitute.org/ Follow Thomas B. Fordham Research Institute on Twitter -https://twitter.com/educationgadfly
Where are your educational tax dollars going? Brandon Wright, editorial director for Thomas B. Fordham Institute, says 'team teaching' is the way forward and will save money. He says the book "Getting the Most Bang for the Educational Book" explains how getting rid of the 'one-teacher, one-classroom' model can provide $6,000,000.00 more to hire the best instructors for our children. You can follow this show on Instagram and on Facebook. And to see what Heather does when she's not talking money, go to her personal Twitter page. Be sure to email Heather your questions and request topics you'd like her to cover here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Josh Barker of Radio Free Hillsdale interviews Brandon Wright, the Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and co-editor of Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck.
A Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Chester E. Finn, Jr., joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Sen. Lamar Alexander's impact on K-12 education over more than 50 years in government. Finn's article, "Leadership Makes a Difference: Lamar Alexander and K–12 Education," is available now. https://www.educationnext.org/leadership-makes-difference-lamar-alexander-and-k-12-education
Terry Ryan is chief executive officer of BLUUM. It is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization in Idaho dedicated to ensuring Idaho’s children reach their full potential by cultivating great leaders and innovative schools. Terry has been in public service for more than two decades. He has been a teacher in Poland and conducted research on education policy in Poland and the United Kingdom. He spent more than a decade at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, where he advanced education reform in Ohio. Terry also has co-authored two books on education reform. Presently, Terry is chairman of the board of the Idaho Charter School Network, and serves on Idaho Governor Brad Little’s education task force.Follow him on Twitter @IDTerryRyan.Want to recommend a guest for the podcast? E-mail William Gray at wgray@rstreet.org.
The president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the results of the 2020 presidential election, and what it could mean for education in the United States.
We may all agree that reading is fundamental, but is there consensus on how best to teach reading and increase literacy? You’d be surprised at what we are still learning about such a basic yet critical responsibility. Amy and Mike invited researcher Adam Tyner to share new findings about the links between social studies instruction and reading comprehension. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How much does literacy depend on skill vs. knowledge? What subjects do elementary school students in the U.S. spend the most time on? What subject contributes most to literacy? How do college admissions tests reflect or refute these findings? Are the literacy benefits of social studies instruction distributed evenly across socioeconomic levels? MEET OUR GUEST Adam Tyner is associate director of research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he helps develop and manage Fordham’s research projects. Prior to joining Fordham, he served as senior education analyst at Hanover Research, where he executed data analysis projects and worked with school districts and other education stakeholders to design custom studies. Adam has also spent several years leading classrooms, teaching English as a second language in both China and California and teaching courses at the University of California, San Diego. His work has appeared and been cited in national and international media such as The Economist, The New York Times, Forbes, Education Week, Education Next, and The Diplomat, as well as in numerous local outlets. Adam holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego, where he completed his doctoral dissertation on the integration of rural-to-urban migrant workers in China’s cities. He also holds a bachelor of arts in international studies from the University of Oklahoma. Find Adam at fordhaminstitute.org. LINKS Social Studies Instruction and Reading Comprehension: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study The Education Gadfly Show Podcast ACT College Readiness Benchmarks Reading is Still Fundamental RELATED EPISODES DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SAT AND ACT READING COLLEGE ADVISING FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WHY GRADE INFLATION IS HARMFUL ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page.
Guests: Daphne Barak and Erbil Gunasti, Director and Producer of "Trump vs Hollywood," On to discuss their film. Brandon Wright, Editorial Director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institue, On to discuss his book "Getting The Most Education Bang For Your Buck." Kraig Kitchen, Chairman of the Radio Hall of Fame, On to discuss the Class of 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brandon Wright from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute explains why they published a new book about education funding and spending. Getting The Most Bang For The Education Buck argues that public education should reevaluate and reprioritize how tax money is spent to both improve learning and be more accountable to the public.
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com Brandon Wright—editorial director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and co-editor of GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR THE EDUCATION BUCK (www.FordhamInstitute.org) Julio Gonzalez, FOX News contributor Dr. Josh Umbehr—Founder of Atlas MD - Direct patient care https://atlas.md/ Florida State Representative Candidate Webster Barnaby for Florida House District 27 www.VoteBarnaby.com Heritage Foundation and Daily Signal Fred Lucasheritage.org Dedication: Cresson Firefighter-EMT Diane Jones was killed battling the August Complex fire at Mendocino National Forest, End of Service: 08/31/2020
Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick-A-Dee" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comBrandon Wright—editorial director of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and co-editor of GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR THE EDUCATION BUCK (www.FordhamInstitute.org)Julio Gonzalez, FOX News contributorDr. Josh Umbehr—Founder of Atlas MD - Direct patient care https://atlas.md/Florida State Representative Candidate Webster Barnaby for Florida House District 27 www.VoteBarnaby.comHeritage Foundation and Daily Signal Fred Lucasheritage.orgDedication: Cresson Firefighter-EMT Diane Jones was killed battling the August Complex fire at Mendocino National Forest, End of Service: 08/31/2020
Thanks so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating over nine years broadcasting on the internet! On Friday's show, we visit with Research Fellow with the Cato Institute, William Yeatman, about the astonishing developments in the Michael Flynn case, and we discuss other forms of judicial activism - including District Attorneys who engage in selective law enforcement. We visit with Brandon Wright with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute about his new book, ”Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck.” The author of “The Devil at Our Doorstep,” Dave Bego, and I discuss the decline in union membership over the last decade and the union leader (not necessarily “rank and file”) support for Joe Biden. We also discuss great “restaurant specials” available now with local author and columnist on travel, dining, and entertainment, Sharon Kenny. Please join us on Monday when we visit with terrific special guests including the Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com Marc Schulman, the President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education Larry Reed, and author and former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief Jim McTague. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on my website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher) or in “show archives” on my website, www.bobharden.com.
Michael Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a think tank that studies education policy and promotes educational excellence for every child in America. In addition to leading a think-tank, for many years Mr. Petrilli has been a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, the executive editor of Education Next journal, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Education Commission of the States. He also has held positions in the U.S Department of Education and K12, a private e-learning company. Follow him on Twitter @MichaelPetrilli.Want to recommend a guest for the podcast? E-mail William Gray at wgray@rstreet.org.
A new survey commissioned by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute discussed the impact of education and location on income. Dr. John Winters, an associate professor of economics at Iowa State University, conducted the survey, titled "What You Make Depends On Where You Live: College Earnings Across States And Metropolitan Areas"; he talked with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report via ZOOM on July 14, 2020.
A senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Robert Pondiscio, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Thomas Sowell's new book, Charter Schools and Their Enemies, and the heavy criticism that charters currently face. Pondiscio's review, "Charter Schools and Their Enemies: At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why," is available now. https://www.educationnext.org/charter-schools-and-their-enemies-thomas-sowell-book-review/
Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins WRFH to talk about why income depends on “where you live, ”not just educational attainment. Petrilli argues “that in much of America, there are highways to middle-income lifestyles whose routes don’t pass through leafy university campuses. Our high schools should take this fact into account and offer students quality pathways into apprenticeships and technical postsecondary programs, not just academic ones.” From 07/15/20
Thomas B. Fordham Institute president Michael Petrilli discusses higher education and what's needed in the modern workforce. The interview includes discussion of promoting four-year college and university programs to students who may not need that approach to education. Other options for careers after high school, like trade programs and technical certificates, are discussed.
Thanks for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating nearly nine years broadcasting on the internet! On Tuesday's show, we get an update from our State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Kathleen Passidomo about the Florida budget Governor DeSantis signed yesterday and about government policy on Covid-19. We visit with the Founder and President of Less Government, Seton Motley, about Charter Communications' challenge to “Net Neutrality” and why it is important to consumers and their pocketbooks. We have an interesting and informative discussion with Michael Petilli, the President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the value of higher education in differing areas of Florida. We also have an entertaining and informative discussion with Boo Mortenson in Madison, Wisconsin. We have great guests lined up for Wednesday's show including the Chairman of the Cato Institute Bob Levy, College Professor Andrew Joppa, and Endowed Professor at the University of Houston and author Larry Bell. Please join us live at 7 a.m. on my website, or you can access the show anytime on podcast platforms (iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, and Stitcher) or in “show archives” on my website, www.bobharden.com.
Sam reports on the Antifa and BLM riots now spanning the globe and discusses their beginnings, goals, and potential results, and what lessons we can learn from historical context that gives Sam hope for the future! Also, Mike Petrelli (Thomas B. Fordham Institute) comes on to discuss income inequality, its sources and some solutions, and how it's related to the current unrest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SPEAKERS Louise Dubé Executive Director, iCivics Anthea Hartig Ph. D., Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History William Deverell Ph.D. Professor of History, University of Southern California; Founder, Los Angeles Civics Academy Robert Pondiscio Senior Fellow, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Civics teacher, Democracy Prep In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed from The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on May 11th, 2020.
Author and teacher Robert Pondiscio of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute talks about his book How the Other Half Learns with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Pondiscio shares his experience of being embedded in a Success Academy Charter School in New York City for a year--lessons about teaching, education policy, and student achievement.
A senior research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, David Griffith, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new study that investigates whether student achievement increases as the market share of charter schools grows. Read Griffith's full report, "Rising Tide: Charter School Market Share and Student Achievement." https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/rising-tide-charter-market-share
An executive editor of Education Next and president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how median SAT scores show that colleges have raised their selectivity standards since 1985. Read "Yes, It Really Is Harder to Get into Highly Selective Colleges Today," by Petrilli and Pedro Enamorado. https://www.educationnext.org/yes-it-really-is-harder-to-get-into-highly-selective-colleges-today-comparison-sat-scores-over-time/
Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Michael Petrilli discusses the new book he co-edited, How To Educate An American. The book is a collection of conservative and libertarian thinkers' essays on ways to improve our nation's approach to education and teaching citizenship.
Southern Sense, conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-SenseSam Faddis author of "The CIA War In Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War" Founder AND MagazineRick Amato - amatotalk and Jessie Jane Duff - jessiejaneduffMichael Petrilli Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and co-editor of How To Educate An AmericanMark Sutherland Film Producer, "The Iris Echo - A Tolalitarian"Dan Perkins Founder of Songs and Stories for Soldiers and TV/Radio host danperkinsatsanibelDedication: To 24 Law Enforcement Officers who died in 2019 from 9/11 related illnesses as a result from their rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center, NYC.
Southern Sense, conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-SenseSam Faddis author of "The CIA War In Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War" Founder and Editor of AND MagazineRick Amato - amatotalk and Jessie Jane Duff - jessiejaneduffMichael Petrilli Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and co-editor of How To Educate An AmericanMark Sutherland Film Producer, "The Iris Echo - A Tolalitarian"Dan Perkins Founder of Songs and Stories for Soldiers and TV/Radio host danperkinsatsanibelDedication: To 24 Law Enforcement Officers who died in 2019 from 9/11 related illnesses as a result from their rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center, NYC.
Southern Sense, conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense Sam Faddis author of "The CIA War In Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War" Founder AND Magazine Rick Amato - amatotalk and Jessie Jane Duff - jessiejaneduff Michael Petrilli Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and co-editor of How To Educate An American Mark Sutherland Film Producer, "The Iris Echo - A Tolalitarian" Dan Perkins Founder of Songs and Stories for Soldiers and TV/Radio host danperkinsatsanibel Dedication: To 24 Law Enforcement Officers who died in 2019 from 9/11 related illnesses as a result from their rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center, NYC.
Southern Sense, conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-SenseSam Faddis author of "The CIA War In Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War" Founder and Editor of AND MagazineRick Amato - amatotalk and Jessie Jane Duff - jessiejaneduffMichael Petrilli Thomas B. Fordham Institute president and co-editor of How To Educate An AmericanMark Sutherland Film Producer, "The Iris Echo - A Tolalitarian"Dan Perkins Founder of Songs and Stories for Soldiers and TV/Radio host danperkinsatsanibelDedication: To 24 Law Enforcement Officers who died in 2019 from 9/11 related illnesses as a result from their rescue and recovery work at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center, NYC.
According to Thomas B. Fordham Institute most of the Internet obtained instructional materials materials are “mediocre” or “probably not worth using.” On this episode we discuss the supplemental materials teachers download on popular websites.
Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss his time observing a Success Academy school in the Bronx, and his new book, "How the Other Half Learns." Read an excerpt from the book, "Come to Jesus: Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy." https://www.educationnext.org/come-to-jesus-look-inside-success-academy-excerpt-how-the-other-half-learns/
HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle over School Choice, is an inside look at the moral and political questions around public education and school choice. Author ROBERT PONDISCIO is senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a Bronx public school teacher, examined Success Academy in New York City for a local perspective on education reform issues and school culture.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle over School Choice, is an inside look at the moral and political questions around public education and school choice. Author ROBERT PONDISCIO is senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a Bronx public school teacher, examined Success Academy in New York City for a local perspective on education reform issues and school culture.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LEARNS: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle over School Choice, is an inside look at the moral and political questions around public education and school choice. Author ROBERT PONDISCIO is senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a Bronx public school teacher, examined Success Academy in New York City for a local perspective on education reform issues and school culture.
Teachers are for more effective than administrators and bureaucrats in determining the discipline needs of their students and classrooms. Unfortunately, no one ever invites them to participate when discipline policies are set. The disasterous effects of this omission are seen in a report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute - Read the Article - https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/08/why-disruptive-students-get-away-with-murder/
Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his new book, "How the Other Half Learns," and his observations of a Success Academy school at work in the Bronx. Read an excerpt from the book, "Come to Jesus: Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy," here: https://www.educationnext.org/come-to-jesus-look-inside-success-academy-excerpt-how-the-other-half-learns/
Advanced Placement is a good way for many kids to get a head start on college. On episode 42, Andrew Scanlan and Chester E Finn, Jr. of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, answer questions about the history of AP, where it’s going, and where kids may encounter difficulties. About the guests - Chester E. Finn, Jr. is Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. He served as Fordham’s President from 1997 to 2014, after many earlier roles in education, academe and government. Over the years he has served in various capacities, including Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education and Staff Assistant to the President of the United States. Finn currently serves on the National Council on Teacher Quality, the Core Knowledge Foundation, and Maryland’s Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education. Author of over twenty books, Finn is co-author with Andrew Scanlan of Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present & Future of Advanced Placement, which has just been released, and Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students, co-authored with Brandon L. Wright. Andrew Scanlan is a research and policy associate at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Growing up in Ireland, he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a B.A. in European Studies before spending two years living in Honduras as a second grade classroom teacher and school administrator for Bilingual Education for Central America (BECA). He earned an M.A. in International Child Studies from King's College London, with a focus on children’s rights, education, and child migration. He is co-author, with Chester E. Finn, Jr., of Learning in the Fast Lane: The Past, Present, and Future of Advanced Placement. You can support the podcast and receive subscriber-only benefits at www.patreon.com/mindmatters.
Robert Pondiscio, vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, unpacks ideas in his newest book, How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice. His book focuses on Success Academy, the largest charter school network in New York City. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.
Terry Ryan knows education from every angle. He is the CEO of BLUUM - a non-profit organization working to develop leaders and support innovative schools in Idaho. Terry has a lot to say about charter schools, philanthropic funding, how to create a community of practice, and the ways that charters and districts might put aside their differences and capitalize on the strengths of each arm of education.He talks fast, but we wish we could hear even more of the wisdom that Terry has accumulated in his work in education. Have a listen, and take some notes on the lessons learned from a man who has opened 14 schools to date.Quotes: 08:45 “I call it (the collaboration between private philanthropic dollars and federal funding) a private-public partnership, and so far, we think it’s starting to show powerful results.” 13:50 “In the states that are growing, saying, ‘Let’s create more charter schools,’ has a lot of merit.”15:50 “Overall, charter school students outperform the traditional school students that they are matched against.” 22:55 “I get the most excited when you can take the charter school flexibility, freedoms, and innovation and… apply them to district schools.”39:30 “We’re trying to develop a community of practice (among charter schools) and that might be the biggest legacy to come out of this work.”Here are some resources mentioned in our discussion:Bluum - https://www.bluum.org/our-team/Building Hope - http://www.buildinghope.orgThe Thomas B. Fordham Institute - https://fordhaminstitute.org/How is Idaho Charter School Performance Like a Clint Eastwood Movie - https://www.idahoednews.org/voices/how-is-idaho-charter-school-performance-like-a-clint-eastwood-movie/The J. A. and Katherine Albertson Family Foundation - https://www.jkaf.org/CREDO - The Center for Research on Education Outcomes - https://credo.stanford.edu/Acton Academy - http://www.actonacademy.org/New Tech Network - https://newtechnetwork.org/KIPP Public Charter Schools - https://www.kipp.org/Where to learn more about Terry Ryan:Email - tryan@bluum.orgTerry on Twitter - @IDTerryRyanBLUUM on Twitter - @bluumorgWhere to learn more about Enrollhand:Website: www.enrollhand.comOur webinar: https://webinar-replay.enrollhand.comOur free Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/schoolgrowth/
The 2020 general election is more than a year away, but there’s plenty of political activity at the state and federal level. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest appear to be headed toward a contest for the Executive Mansion. Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, analyzes recent polling data linked to the governor’s race. Education reform represents an important goal. But reformers have a mixed record of success. That’s the assessment from Robert Pondiscio, senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Pondiscio explains why education reform measures often fall short of their worthwhile goals. He offers reformers ideas for improvement. State lawmakers are pursuing changes that would relax restrictions on North Carolina’s craft distilleries. Their proposals are attracting praise from Pete Barger of Southern Distilling Company. He leads a group promoting state craft distillers. One of the most controversial bills in this year’s legislative session has involved N.C. sheriffs and federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. You’ll learn why some lawmakers want to compel sheriffs to comply with ICE detainers for illegal immigrants arrested for crimes. You’ll also hear critics’ objections. A chief dispute in this year’s state budget debate involves Medicaid expansion. Jordan Roberts, John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst, outlines the details of the dispute. He explains how resolution of that dispute could affect taxpayers and health care consumers.
Dispatch public affairs reporter Jim Siegel speaks with state superintendent Paolo DeMaria and Chad Aldis, VP for Ohio policy and advocacy for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute about the latest effort to establish state high school graduation requirements.
A decline in birth rates in the U.S. could mean that the school-aged population will spiral downward in the next decade and beyond. Would this be a disaster for schools? Or could there be a silver lining? Mike Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss his new article, "The Baby Bust Goes to School." https://www.educationnext.org/baby-bust-goes-to-school-falling-birthrates-crisis-opportunity/
In this episode I sit down with Mike Petrilli, the president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and wildly prolific writer about education and education policy. We also talk about how policy can and and ought to policy into practice at the local level. I wanted to share a little more about Mike's background from the Thomas B. Fordam Institute's website because it is so impressive: [Mike is also a] research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow for Education Commission of the States. An award-winning writer, he is the author of The Diverse Schools Dilemma, and editor of Education for Upward Mobility. Please enjoy this conversation with Mike Petrilli. Send your comments, questions, and show ideas to mike@schoolleadershipshow.com. Consider rating the podcast in iTunes and leaving a comment. And please pass the show along to your colleagues. If you or someone you know would like to sponsor the show, send me an email at mike@schoolleadershipshow.com.
Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Bryan Bowles and Vance Randall of BYU, and Alisa Ellis of the Utah State Board of Education form a panel to discuss the Every Student Succeeds Act. Ryan Houston of Utah Metal Detecting, Todd Yerks of cttodd.com, Allyson Cohen of DetectingDiva.com, and Dawn Chipcase of Digger Dawn on YouTube discuss the quirky world of metal detecting.
Florida has issued school grades for 19 years. And while the marks have prompted some schools to change the way they do business, they also have enraged some people who see the rating system as an unfair, imprecise way to gauge school performance. Mike Petrilli, CEO of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, is a supporter who also sees the need to improve the model. He speaks with reporter Jeff Solochek about school grading in Florida, its history and next steps. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a senior advisor to Democracy Prep Public Schools in Harlem, New York. He writes and speaks extensively on education and education reform issues with an emphasis on literacy, curriculum, teaching, and urban education. He came to the field of education as a second career and never intended to stay. He has become one of its most passionate spokespersons for reform and innovation. “I have a complicated relationship with testing and accountability.” Episode 13 of Reality Check with Jeanne Allen.
On this episode of the Bill Bennett Show, Bill shares his thoughts on the gun control debate focusing on how to keep schools safe. Mark Kirkorian, Executive Director of the Center of Immigration Studies, joined Bill to give an update on where things stand. Also Bill spoke with Robert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow and Vice President for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about an article he wrote examining direct instruction as a tried and true method for teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This webinar will present findings from Rating the Ratings, followed by a conversation on the merits and downfalls of summative ratings between ratings-proponent Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and ratings-skeptic Phillip Lovell, vice president of policy development and government relations at the Alliance for Excellent Education.
Today’s episode is co-hosted by my colleague, Sloan fellow and education expert Joe Ballou. Our guest today is Robert Pondiscio, on the line from New York.Robert Pondiscio is senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is also a senior advisor to Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of high-performing charter schools based in Harlem, New York. He writes and speaks extensively on education and education-reform issues, with an emphasis on literacy, curriculum, teaching, and urban education. After twenty years in journalism, including senior positions at TIME and BusinessWeek, Robert became a fifth-grade teacher at a struggling South Bronx public school in 2002. He subsequently served as vice president for the Core Knowledge Foundation.
Today’s episode is co-hosted by my colleague, Sloan fellow and education expert Joe Ballou. Our guest today is Robert Pondiscio, on the line from New York.Robert Pondiscio is senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He is also a senior advisor to Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of high-performing charter schools based in Harlem, New York. He writes and speaks extensively on education and education-reform issues, with an emphasis on literacy, curriculum, teaching, and urban education. After twenty years in journalism, including senior positions at TIME and BusinessWeek, Robert became a fifth-grade teacher at a struggling South Bronx public school in 2002. He subsequently served as vice president for the Core Knowledge Foundation.
Robert Pondiscio - senior fellow and vice president for external affairs at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Even supporters of Common Core State Standards are arguing for delaying implementation, while increasing the capacity for collaboration during the transition process. In this segment, we examine the case for postponing implementation and discuss how a reasonable timetable might be determined. Discuss it at #commoncore and #CCSS Follow: @Eduflack @dgburris @cscottwilliams @LearningFirst @kportermagee @bamradionetwork Cheryl Scott Williams is executive director of the Learning First Alliance (LFA), a partnership of national K-12 public education organizations. Kathleen Porter-Magee is a Bernard Lee Schwartz Policy Fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. Kathleen and has more than 16 years of experience in education and policy. Patrick Riccards has been a communications and policy expert for 20 years. Darren Burris is a member of the state's Model Curriculum Development Team.
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This intergenerational panel discussion at NewSchools Summit 2010 conference highlights how the civil rights and education reform movements are similar. Experts explore how we may draw on lessons from the civil rights movement for tackling what many consider today’s most important social justice issue: closing the achievement gaps that persist in public education. Entrepreneurs will be inspired to redouble their actions in addressing the inequities in education that remain unresolved and to take aggressive action to push the movement toward accomplishing even more ambitious goals. The NewSchools Summit 2010 is an event convened by the NewSchools Venture Fund. Byron Auguste is the director of McKinsey’s Social Sector Office. Based in Washington, D.C., since 2007, Auguste spent 14 years in McKinsey’s Los Angeles office, where he was elected principal in 1999 and director in 2005. His work focused on helping technology and services companies to achieve faster growth, greater productivity, and higher profitability, and on designing and building information and services businesses. He founded and led globally McKinsey’s High Tech Services Sector, served on the firm’s global committees that elect and evaluate new partners, and leads its diversity initiative globally. He is a co-founder and board chairman of Hope Street Group, a nationwide, nonpartisan, volunteer organization of professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs that develops and promotes Opportunity Economics public policies for the U.S. Mike Feinberg currently serves as superintendent of KIPP Houston. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991, he joined Teach For America and became a fifth grade bilingual teacher in Houston ISD. In 1994, Feinberg co-founded the Knowledge Is Power Program along with fellow TFA corps member Dave Levin; in 1995 he founded KIPP Academy in Houston. In 1994, along with Dave Levin, he was awarded the Thomas B. Fordham Prize for Excellence in Education and the National Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen in 2006. Howard Fuller is a distinguished professor of education, and founder/director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. Immediately before his appointment at Marquette University, Fuller served as the superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. Kati Haycock is president of The Education Trust. One of the nation’s leading child advocates in education, she previously served as executive vice president of the Children’s Defense Fund, the nation’s largest child-advocacy organization. Haycock founded and served as president of the Achievement Council, a statewide organization that helps teachers and principals in predominantly minority schools improve student achievement. Before that, she served as director of the outreach and student affirmative-action programs for the nine-campus University of California System. Rebecca Nieves Huffman serves as vice president at the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA), where she manages the grant making work of the organization through its Fund for Authorizing Excellence. Before joining NACSA, Huffman served for five years as president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (Hispanic CREO), an organization that is the national voice for the right of Latino parents to access all educational options and is an agent of change and equity in education. Prior to that, she was the associate director of recruitment and selection for the KIPP Foundation. Remington Wiley is a student at Spelman College. As an international studies major and Spanish minor, Remington has traveled to 13 countries. With a growing passion for education reform, post-graduation Remington will return home to teach at KIPP Academy as a 2010 corps member for Teach for America. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/closing_achievement_gaps
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