On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Dale Chu, a senior visiting fellow at the Fordham Institute, joins Mike and David to discuss how Biden passing the torch and Trump picking J.D. Vance could affect U.S. school policy. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber examines a new study that compares the academic impacts of urban versus suburban charter schools.

Recommended content: 

• “Vance vs. Pence: How Trump’s VP picks compare on education” —Dale Chu, Fordham Institute
• “The Democratic replacement candidates on education” —Daniel Buck, Fordham Institute
• Sarah Cohodes and Astrid Pineda, “Diverse paths to college success: The impact of Massachusetts’ urban and nonurban charter schools on college trajectories,” National Bureau of Economic Research (July 2024).

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