On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Starlee Coleman, newly named President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins Mike and David to discuss how the charter sector can find success with a Trump or Harris presidency. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a study of how nearby charter schools impact Catholic school enrollment.

Recommended content: 

• “How Kamala Harris can move to the center on education”— Michael J. Petrilli 
• “What could a Vice President Vance do to advance rural and small town education?”—Aaron Churchill
• “Will next month’s Harris-Trump debate even mention education?”— Dale Chu
• Shaun M. Dougherty, Andrew Miller, and Yerin Yoon, “Charter School Expansion, Catholic School Enrollment, & the Equity Implications of School Choice,” EdWorkingPaper 24-1027, Annenberg Institute at Brown University (2024)

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