Mike Miles, Superintendent of Schools for Houston Independent School District joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Miles' efforts to turn around Houston schools.

Benjamin Fleshman, Council at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the St. Dominic Academy v. Makin case, which looks into whether students at Catholic schools in Maine can participate in the state's school voucher program.

Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida and Chairman of ExcelinEd, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the state of school choice as 2025 begins.

Jim Peyser, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the recent decision by Massachusetts voters to remove the high school graduation requirement for students taking the state's test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the state of charter schools and school choice in the aftermath of the 2024 elections.

Daniel Weisberg, First Deputy Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the NYC Reads program, which aims to ensure that all New York City students become strong readers.

Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Supreme Court has interpreted the clauses of the First Amendment of the Constitution, and its impact on religious education in the United States.

Michael Goldstein, the founder of Match Charter Schools and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard Graduate School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the shift in how charter schools have operated in the past decade.

Michael Hartney, a fellow at the Hoover Institution and assistant professor of political science at Boston College, Joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the influence of teachers-union endorsements on school-board elections.

"The Politics of Teachers' Union Endorsements," co-written with Vladimir Kogan, is available now.

https://edworkingpapers.com/ai23-841

Macke Raymond, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and director of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a report from the Education Futures Council, which looks to identify and remove barriers to student success within the K-12 educational system.

"Ours to Solve, Once — And for All" is available now from Hoover.org.

https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/EFC_OursToSolve_Web_101824.pdf