The EdNext Podcast returns with Editor-in-chief Marty West and Senior Editor Paul E. Peterson discussing the 2019 Education Next Poll, including results on public opinion on schools, teacher pay, school choice, and more.

Read "Public Support Grows for Higher Teacher Pay and Expanded School Choice: Results from the 2019 Education Next Poll" here:

https://www.educationnext.org/school-choice-trump-era-results-2019-education-next-poll

Ep. 166 - Aug. 21, 2019: Results from the 2019 EdNext Poll

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An associate professor at Williams College, Owen Thompson, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Thompson's latest research, which looks into whether gifted and talented programs are also drivers of racial segregation in schools.

“Gifted and Talented Programs Don’t Cause School Segregation” is available now at Education Next.

https://www.educationnext.org/gifted-and-talented-programs-dont-cause-school-segregation/

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An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of  American high schools.

An excerpt from the book, "What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools," by Mathews, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/what-i-learned-in-23-years-ranking-americas-most-challenging-high-schools/

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An assistant professor at American University, Claudia Persico, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Persico's new research, which investigates whether students of color are being properly identified for special education.

"Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education," written with Todd E. Elder, David Figlio, and Scott Imberman, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/segregation-racial-gaps-special-education-new-evidence-on-debate-over-disproportionality/

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A professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, Daniel T. Willingham, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how findings in education research can be better translated to help teachers in a live classroom setting.


Willingham's article, "Making Education Research Relevant: How researchers can give teachers more choices," co-written with David B. Daniel, is available now.

https://www.educationnext.org/making-education-research-relevant-how-researchers-can-give-teachers-more-choices/

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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/

Ep. 166 - Aug. 21, 2019: Results from the 2019 EdNext Poll

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