Education Next

NPR's 1A program looks at the future of school funding, with a focus on California's latest efforts to equalize spending on schools.

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

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 the most colorful characters in American public life today. Chris Christie. Corey Booker. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. Appointed schools superintendent Cami Anderson. And of course the teachers and students who are the true heroes of the book—and the victims of a school system—and a reform effort—gone badly astray.

Mike Petrilli interviews Greg Toppo about his new book.

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

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

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

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

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

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