David Hardy, founder of Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter School and Building Excellent Schools PA joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss what it really takes to build an excellent school. He talks about his background in education and how he came to found one of the top schools in the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

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Robert Pondiscio,  celebrated author and former teacher joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss his book, How the Other Half Learns. We ask for his take on how different groups of students are doing outside of a brick-and-mortar school environment during lockdown. 

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Jeff Kwitowski, Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Policy Communications @ K12, Inc. joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how virtual schools, and the students that attend them, have handled the pandemic. They also discuss families' attitudes toward virtual schools in the wake of COVID-19 as well as the dynamics of public policy relative to virtual schools.

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Neal McCluskey, Director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss how private schools are faring amid the pandemic. We also discuss a little history behind district schools, as well as some past and current battles around curriculum in district schools. 

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Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to discuss what's going on in America with charter schools today. 

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Rebecca Friedrichs was lead plaintiff in a 2016 US Supreme Court case against the California Teachers Association, an affiliate of the National Education Association (the country's largest teacher union). She is also the founder of For Kids and Country. Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen discuss the court case, what led to it, and what's going on today in government schools.

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Patrick J. Wolf, PhD, Professor and 21st Century Chair in School Choice at University of Arkansas; author of dozens of studies and other publications on school choice, joins Corey A. DeAngelis, PhD and Matthew Nielsen to discuss Harvard's ongoing campaign against homeschooling--just when everyone is forced to educate their children at home. 

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Chris Stewart, former elected school board member, CEO of Brightbeam Network, and renowned school choice advocate joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about some of the tactics and fallacies employed by defenders of the status quo in American K-12 education.

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Jay P. Greene, PhD joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how the global public health crisis is affecting the education reform movement.

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In this episode, Manhattan Institute Sr. Fellow Max Eden joins Corey DeAngelis and Matthew Nielsen to talk about how some school discipline policies seem to contribute to problems rather than solve them. We discuss Max's book, Why Meadow Died, which serves as a tragic case study for how changes in policies can result in disaster.

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