On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at Fordham and the American Enterprise Institute, joins Mike and David to discuss the lack of curriculum oversight in American schools. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new study of whether aspiring teachers’ professional references predict their later performance.

Recommended content: 

• “How public schools became ideological boot camps” —Robert Pondiscio, The Free Press
• “Taking curriculum implementation seriously” —Robert Pondiscio, Fordham Institute
• Dan Goldhaber, Cyrus Grout, and Malcolm Wolff, “How well do professional reference ratings predict teacher performance?” Education Finance and Policy (March 2024).

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