EdNext Podcast

Michael B. Horn, the co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how to juggle the different paths through college, from the options in traditional higher education to certificate first programs.

Horn and co-author Clark G. Gilbert explored this further in an article for Education Next, "A Certificate, Then a Degree."

https://www.educationnext.org/certificate-then-degree-programs-help-tackle-college-completion-crisis/

Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss why school reformers and administrators should try to work with teachers unions in an effort to improve schools.

Read "Strange Bedfellows? Why School Reformers Should Rethink Teachers Unions" here:

https://www.educationnext.org/strange-bedfellows-school-reformers-should-rethink-teachers-unions/

Greg Toppo, an education journalist and author of The Game Believes in You, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the continuing calls for making the SAT untimed for everyone.

Toppo explored this topic in a recent article for Education Next, "Support Builds For Making the SAT Untimed For Everyone: A possible solution to the "Gaming the System" problem."

https://www.educationnext.org/support-builds-making-sat-untimed-for-everyone-possible-solution-gaming-the-system/

Paul Tough, author of "The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us," sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the book, and how the higher education admissions process tends to work to the benefit of affluent students at the expense of those from lower-income backgrounds.

Matthew Chingos recently reviewed the book for Education Next in "Privilege Worth Perpetuating."

https://www.educationnext.org/privilege-worth-perpetuating-book-review-the-years-that-matter-most-tough/

Clare Sealy, the head of curriculum and standards for the States of Guernsey and a primary school teacher of 30 years, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the differences between episodic memory and semantic memory, and the keys to each one in helping children remember their lessons in school.

Read "The Best Way to Help Children Remember Things? Not 'Memorable Experiences'," which is excerpted from "The researchEd Guide to Educational Myths."

https://www.educationnext.org/best-way-to-help-children-remember-things-not-memorable-experiences-excerpt/

Ron Matus, director of policy and public affairs at Step Up For Students and a former state education reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the turnaround of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, including the tenure of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and the prevalence of choice options in the district.

Matus profiled the district for EdNext in "Miami's Choice Tsunami: Carvalho, competition, and transformation in Miami-Dade."

https://www.educationnext.org/miami-choice-tsunami-carvalho-competition-transformation-miami-dade/

Elisa Villanueva Beard, the CEO of Teach For America, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the organization and a new study by Katharine M. Conn, Virginia S. Lovison and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, which details how the organization impacts the beliefs of its teachers.

Read "How Teach for America Affects Beliefs about Education: Connecting classroom experience to opinions on education reform," here:

https://www.educationnext.org/how-teach-for-america-affects-beliefs-education-classroom-experience-opinions/

David Loewenberg joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how online credit recovery has changed the landscape of high school graduations, and what's being done to make sure that credit recovery programs can maintain their legitimacy.

Read the full article, "A Digital Path to a Diploma," here:

https://www.educationnext.org/digital-path-to-diploma-online-credit-recovery-classes/

Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his new book, "How the Other Half Learns," and his observations of a Success Academy school at work in the Bronx.

Read an excerpt from the book, "Come to Jesus: Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy," here:

https://www.educationnext.org/come-to-jesus-look-inside-success-academy-excerpt-how-the-other-half-learns/

Kevin Stange, associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, joins Marty West to discuss his article, "Depth Over Breadth: The value of vocational education in U.S. high schools," and how vocational education impacts students and their college and career aspirations.

Read the full article, co-written with Daniel Kreisman, here:

https://www.educationnext.org/depth-over-breadth-value-vocational-education-u-s-high-schools/