Ed Next Book Club – Education Next

Ed Next Book Club – Education Next episodes:

• 10.09.2015

  Ed Next Book Club: Failing Our Brightest Kids – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Chester Finn and Brandon Wright about their new book.

  
• 09.22.2015

  Ed Next Book Club: The Prize – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli talks with Dale Russakoff about her new book on school reform in Newark. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? tells a gripping, and mostly depressing, tale of the reform efforts in woebegone Newark, complete with some of...

  
• 05.21.2015

  Ed Next Book Club: The Game Believes In You – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Greg Toppo about his new book.

  
• 04.01.2015

  Ed Next Book Club: A Democratic Constitution for Public Education – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim about their new book.

  
• 12.10.2014

  Ed Next Book Club: Dana Goldstein on The Teacher Wars – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Dana Goldstein about her new book on teachers.

  
• 09.26.2014

  Ed Next Book Club: Laurence Steinberg on Age of Opportunity – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli talks with Laurence Steinberg about his new book on what science tells us about adolescence.

  
• 08.08.2014

  Ed Next Book Club: Elizabeth Green on Building a Better Teacher – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Elizabeth Green about her new book on great teaching.

  
• 06.20.2014

  Ed Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire on On the Rocketship – by Education Next

  Mike Petrilli interviews Richard about his new book about the high-performing Rocketship charter network.

  
• 06.02.2014

  Ed Next Book Club: Sam Chaltain on Our School – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Sam Chaltain about schools, community, and choice.

  
• 12.09.2013

  Ed Next Book Club: Amanda Ripley on The Smartest Kids in the World – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Amanda Ripley about her bestselling book.

  
• 09.19.2013

  Ed Next Book Club: Endangering Prosperity – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson, Eric Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann about their new book.

  
• 06.12.2013

  Ed Next Book Club: Sarah Carr on Hope Against Hope – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Sarah Carr about school reform in New Orleans

  
• 04.30.2013

  Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Michelle Rhee about her new autobiography, 'Radical: Fighting to Put Students First.'

  
• 03.13.2013

  Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Tony Wagner about how schools can light the spark of innovation within their students.

  
• 12.14.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Andy Smarick on The Urban School System of the Future – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Andy Smarick about alternatives to urban school districts.

  
• 11.20.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with David Cohen about the depressing track record of efforts to improve teaching and learning.

  
• 10.19.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Nate Levenson about getting by with smaller school budgets.

  
• 09.05.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Tough about his new book on the role of grit in success.

  
• 08.16.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Michael Horn on Disrupting Class – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Michael Horn about disruptive innovation in education.

  
• 01.19.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Peg Tyre’s The Good School – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality.

  
• 01.17.2012

  Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough’s Whatever it Takes – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough about his book on the Harlem Children’s Zone.

  
• 11.29.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Chester Finn’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Chester Finn about the path education reform has taken over the past 40 years and his own path through history.

  
• 11.10.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Paul Peterson’s Saving Schools – by

  Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Peterson about six great education heroes.

  
• 08.16.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Rick Hess’ The Same Thing Over and Over – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Rick Hess about his magnum opus.

  
• 08.02.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Terry Moe’s Special Interest – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Terry Moe about teachers unions

  
• 07.13.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Jay Mathews’ Work Hard, Be Nice – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Jay Mathews about his book on the founding and early years of KIPP.

  
• 06.15.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: David Whitman’s Sweating the Small Stuff – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with David Whitman about paternalistic schools.

  
• 05.09.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Gene Maeroff’s School Boards in America – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with former New York Times education correspondent Gene Maeroff about his new book.

  
• 04.25.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: John Merrow’s The Influence of Teachers – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author John Merrow about his book—and what he’s learned from the countless hours he’s spent as a reporter in America’s classrooms.

  
• 04.18.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Alexander Russo’s Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Alexander Russo about his book on Locke High School and Green Dot's efforts to turn it around.

  
• 03.29.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Richard Kahlenberg’s Tough Liberal – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with author Richard Kahlenberg about his biography of Al Shanker.

  
• 03.14.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Dan Willingham’s Why Don’t Students Like School? – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with psychology professor Dan Willingham about his book, which is organized around nine questions a teacher could ask a cognitive scientist.

  
• 02.28.2011

  Ed Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire’s The Bee Eater – by

  Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Richard Whitmire about his new biography of Michelle Rhee.