EdNext Podcast

More than half of college freshmen are told they must take remedial classes, most often in math, and these remedial math classes have low pass rates. Do these classes accomplish anything?

A new study finds that allowing students to take a college-level statistics class instead of remedial algebra has long-term benefits, starting with higher student pass rates.

Alexandra W. Logue, a research professor at CUNY’s Center for Advanced Study in Education, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the study.

The study is available at:

http://educationnext.org/reforming-remediation-college-students-mainstreamed-success-cuny

Mike Larsson, co-founder and chief operating officer of Match Beyond, talks with Marty West about how his program helps low-income students overcome the obstacles that prevent many from finishing college.

For more about Match Beyond, please read:

http://educationnext.org/new-path-to-a-college-degree-match-beyond-low-income-students/

Depending on your news source, you might not realize that charter schools are actually outperforming district schools in Detroit. Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a blog entry he co-authored with Jason Bedrick examining all of the data on Detroit charter school performance. You can read the blog entry here:

http://educationnext.org/the-data-on-detroit/

The efforts by the Obama administration to promote changes in the way teachers are evaluated have paid off in some ways but backfired in others.

Marty West talks about teacher evaluation reform with Chad Aldeman, who worked as a policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Education on ESEA waivers, teacher preparation, and the Teacher Incentive Fund.

He is the author of, "The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight," available here: http://educationnext.org/the-teacher-evaluation-revamp-in-hindsight-obama-administration-reform

With Betsy DeVos's confirmation hearing scheduled for January 17, EdNext's Marty West talks with Mike McShane, the author of a new profile of the Education secretary designee, about what to expect.

McShane's article can be found here:

http://educationnext.org/betsy-devos-relatively-mainstream-reformer-education-secretary/

Howard Fuller talks with EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West about his reaction to the election results, his thoughts on Betsy DeVos, and what supporters of school choice can do now.

2016 was a year of surprises. In 100 Must-Read Articles on the Shape of 2016, AEI's Andy Smarick highlights the themes of the past year through a selection articles that best explain the outcome of the election and more.

In this episode of the podcast, he joins EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss some of the most interesting articles.

You can find Andy's list of articles here:

http://educationnext.org/100-must-read-articles-on-shape-of-2016

Two new studies compare the views of charter school parents to the views of private school and district school parents.

In this episode of the podcast, Marty West talks with Paul E. Peterson about the studies, which they helped conduct.

You can read the two studies here:

What Do Parents Think of Their Children’s Schools?

http://educationnext.org/what-do-parents-think-of-childrens-schools-ednext-private-district-charter

How Satisfied are Parents with Their Children’s Schools?

http://educationnext.org/how-satisfied-are-parents-with-childrens-schools-us-dept-ed-survey

Students of color are suspended more often than their white peers, but the rates of suspension and expulsion change when students have a teacher of the same race.

That’s what Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart found when they analyzed data from North Carolina elementary schools.

In this episode of the EdNext podcast, Marty West interviews Lindsay about the study she and Hart published, “Teacher Race and School Discipline,”

You can read their study at http://educationnext.org/teacher-race-and-school-discipline-suspensions-research/

While the idea of a diverse group of providers has not always been welcome in K-12 education policy, there have always been a wide range of providers for early childhood education.

Now, charter schools in a number of states are expanding to serve kids younger than kindergarten. Why has it taken so long? And what do these schools look like?

In this episode of the EdNext podcast, editor-in-chief Marty West talks with Ashley LiBetti Mitchel, co-author of "The Charter Model Goes to Preschool," available at http://educationnext.org/charter-model-goes-to-preschool/