The Education Gadfly Show
For more than 15 years, the Fordham Institute has been hosting a weekly podcast, The Education Gadfly Show. Each week, you’ll get lively, entertaining discussions of recent education news, usually featuring Fordham’s Mike Petrilli and David Griffith. Then the wise Amber Northern will recap a recent research study. For questions or comments on the podcast, contact its producer, Stephanie Distler, at sdistler@fordhaminstitute.org.
The Education Gadfly Show
#978: Mike on the mic: Regulation in school choice programs
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Mike returns for another solo episode, reflecting on the role of regulation in school choice—is it stifling innovation or saving us from bad schools?
Then, on the Research Minute, Adam covers a study looking at the relationship between timed math testing and anxiety among fourth- and fifth-grade students.
Recommended content:
- “Democrats’ School Choice Dilemma” —Michael J. Petrilli, for the Wall Street Journal
- “Seizing educational dynamism” —Stéphane Lavertu and Tim Rosenberger, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
- “School Choice Should Take the Road Less Traveled” —Robert Enlow and Michael Q. McShane, Education Next
- “Of School Choice, Regulation, and the Real Road-Least Traveled” —Jed Wallace, CharterFolk
- “It’s One Small, Ugly School Choice Expansion” —Michael Q. McShane, for the Wall Street Journal
- “Math anxiety in elementary students: Examining the role of timing and task complexity” —Kathrin E. Maki, Anne F. Zaslofsky, Robin Codding, and Breanne Woods, ScienceDirect (2024)
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