Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas shares some of his findings on incarceration rates of voucher students vs. public school students with EdNext’s Paul E. Peterson.

Paul Peterson interviews Robert Shapiro, an expert on public opinion, about how the partisan divide in education policy is shifting, as issues of school quality and accountability have produced "conflicted liberals," at the same time that the presidential election is creating "conflicted conservatives."

In this episode of the EdNext podcast, Robert Balfanz talks with EdNext editor-in-chief Paul Peterson about chronic absenteeism and about some successful efforts to identify students who are chronically absent and assign them mentors who work with students individually to reduce absences from school.

Paul E. Peterson discusses his recent article, “The End of the Bush-Obama Regulatory Approach to School Reform,” with host Marty West.

Read the full article here: http://educationnext.org/end-of-bush-obama-regulatory-approach-school-reform-choice-competition/

Journalist Paul Tough talks with Education Next editor Marty West about his new book, “Helping Children Succeed.”

Read a review of the book here: http://educationnext.org/teaching-character-book-review-angela-duckworth-paul-tough/

Randall Reback of Barnard College and Columbia University sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss the kinds of changes in state accountability systems we are likely to see under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

With the prospect of free college tuition attracting many young voters to the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, EdNext’s Paul Peterson talks with Ludger Woessmann of the Ifo Institute in Munich about free higher education in Germany.

Matthew Ladner and Nelson Smith join Marty West to discuss the pros and cons of education savings accounts.

Ladner and Smith both contributed articles to a new Education Next forum, "Should Reformers Support Education Savings Accounts?" which is available here: http://educationnext.org/should-reformers-support-education-savings-accounts-forum-ladner-smith/

Eric Hanushek talks with Paul E. Peterson about the findings of his new study, which calculates the impact we would see on the economy if states improve their schools and students improve their skills.

Read the full article here: http://educationnext.org/pays-improve-school-quality-student-achievement-economic-gain/

Jim Stergios, the Executive Director of the Pioneer Institute, talks with with Paul E. Peterson about the debate over charter schools that is now taking place in the Massachusetts state legislature.