On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Brian Jodice, National Press Secretary for the American Federation for Children joins us for a lively debate on the federal school choice provision embedded in the newly enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill”—including its potential impact in blue states.

Then, on the Research Minute, Adam reviews a new Education Next study showing that a low-cost college-planning course can boost success for high-achieving, low-income students.

Recommended content: 

• “Democrats’ School Choice Dilemma” —Michael J. Petrilli, for The Wall Street Journal
• “Federal school choice skeptics are tilting at windmills” —Shaka Mitchell, for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• “College Counseling in the Classroom” —Joshua Hyman, Education Next
• “#974: The Risks of the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jon Valant” —Education Gadfly Show, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
• Education Gadfly Show #974: The Risks of the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jon Valant
• Education Gadfly Show #963: All about the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jim Blew 

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