EdNext Podcast

Patrick J. Wolf, professor at the University of Arkansas, joins EdNext Editor-in-Chief Marty West to discuss the effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program, the statewide school-voucher initiative, including its impact on student test scores and which schools participated in the program.

Read "What Happened in the Bayou? Examining the Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program," here:

https://www.educationnext.org/what-happened-bayou-examing-effects-louisiana-scholarship-program/

Tomas Monarrez, a research associate in the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the impact charter schools have had on segregation in U.S. schools.

Monarrez, with Brian Kisida and Matthew M. Chingos, is a co-author of "Do Charter Schools Increase Segregation? First national analysis reveals a modest impact, depending on where you look," from the Fall 2019 issue of Education Next.

https://www.educationnext.org/do-charter-schools-increase-segregation-first-national-analysis-reveals-modest-impact/

Alex Usher, president of Higher Education Strategy Associates, joins Marty West to discuss what may be causing the downturn in international admissions in U.S. universities, and how that's contributing to the revenue drop across higher education institutions.

Usher is the author "Has President Trump Scared Away All the Foreign Students?," appearing in the Fall 2019 issue of EdNext.

https://www.educationnext.org/has-president-trump-scared-away-foreign-students-facts-behind-fears-higher-education-revenue-recession/

Joshua Zucker, a veteran instructor with Art of Problem Solving, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief to discuss how to best teach math to advanced students.

Zucker was featured in Kathryn Baron's piece, "Serving the Math Whiz Kids: Private enrichment programs step up to meet the need."

https://www.educationnext.org/serving-math-whiz-kids-private-enrichment-programs-step-up-meet-need/

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

The claim that all students, and especially disadvantaged students, lose substantial academic ground over summer vacation has long been both an article of faith and a source of anxiety.

But a new look at the data finds no evidence that the average child loses months of learning each summer or that summer learning loss contributes much to the achievement gap.

Paul T. von Hippel, an associate professor in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his new article, "Is Summer Learning Loss Real? How I lost faith in one of education research’s classic results."

The article is available at: https://www.educationnext.org/is-summer-learning-loss-real-how-i-lost-faith-education-research-results

Many tech-based interventions have had disappointing results, but maybe these efforts haven't capitalized on what computers do best.

A new study looks at the impact of a blended learning program on students in India who were not making progress in their local public schools because they were starting out so far behind the other students.

Alejandro Ganimian, Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology and Economics at New York University, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss "In Delhi Experiment, Software Sparks Success," which he co-authored with Karthik Muralidharan and Abhijeet Singh.

The article is available at:

https://www.educationnext.org/delhi-experiment-software-sparks-success/

A new study finds that later school start times increase achievement on standardized tests.

Marty West talks with Jennifer Heissel, assistant professor at the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School, about the study, "Rise and Shine: How school start times affect academic performance," which she co-authored with Samuel Norris.

The study is available at:

https://www.educationnext.org/rise-shine-how-school-start-times-affect-academic-performance

Many school districts try to address external obstacles to student learning by offering "wraparound services" in schools. These schools try to connect their students with outside groups that can help them deal with challenges from food insecurity to mental health issues.

In a new article, Michael McShane notes that "While integrated supports may help meet students' physical and emotional needs, their ability to improve student learning remains unproven."

https://www.educationnext.org/supporting-students-outside-classroom-can-wraparound-services-improve-academic-performance/

In this replay episode, we revisit Marty West's 2017 discussion with Diane Schanzenbach,about the downsides of academic redshirting.

https://www.educationnext.org/is-your-child-ready-kindergarten-redshirting-may-do-more-harm-than-good/