Christopher Campos and John Deasy on Neighborhood School Choice
We at the Report Card are on break this week, so we are re-upping a conversation from March 2022 that we think is interesting and important. We’ve talked a lot on the show about school choice. But it’s...
View ArticleEric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin on Teacher Evaluation and Compensation
During the last decade, Dallas Independent School District overhauled its system for evaluating and compensating teachers and began a new program to attract teachers to hard-to-staff schools. The...
View ArticleAdam Mastroianni on Strong- and Weak-Link Problems
This episode is a little different than normal: it’s not directly about education. Instead, it’s about peer review, strong- and weak-link problems, and our biases in how we remember the past and look...
View ArticleRick Hess on The Great School Rethink
As we move past the pandemic, many are asking, “What’s next?” Some argue that now is the time for reinventing schooling. Others argue that right now we should simply focus on getting back to normal....
View ArticleKatharine Birbalsingh on Michaela
What does a good school like? How does a good school operate? What does a good school do differently? There are probably many correct answers to these questions, but on this episode of The Report Card...
View ArticleLarry Berger on Curriculum
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat speaks with Larry Berger about the science of reading, education technology, curriculum and high-quality instructional materials, for-profit companies in...
View ArticleEthan Mollick on AI
At the end of this past November, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, and, since then, there has been a lot of discussion of what AI will mean for education. Will AI render teachers irrelevant? Should AI be...
View ArticleArthur VanderVeen on Assessments
Ever since No Child Left Behind was signed into law in 2002, assessments have been a fixture of the education landscape—a very divisive one. But assessments have changed a lot over the last twenty...
View ArticleDavid Deming and John Friedman on Highly Selective College Admissions
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, selective colleges, and their admissions practices, have received a lot of scrutiny. Does going to a highly selective college affect...
View ArticleMike Miles on Houston ISD
In May, Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin joined the podcast to discuss their research on Dallas Independent School District’s Accelerating Campus Excellence program and its Principal Excellence and...
View ArticleLaura Meckler on Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
On the latest episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Laura Meckler about her new book, Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity. Nat and Laura discuss integration, busing,...
View ArticleJelani Nelson and Tom Loveless on the California Math Framework
On July 12th, the California State Board of Education adopted a new math framework that will affect the way math is taught for the nearly 6 million students in California’s public schools and has the...
View ArticleRoland Fryer on Incentives and Opportunity
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat speaks with Roland Fryer about incentives and opportunity. Nat and Roland discuss paying students, parents, and teachers; the importance of properly structuring...
View ArticleBest Of: Doug Lemov on Cellphones in Schools
Note: This episode originally aired in September 2022. On this episode of The Report Card, Nat speaks with Doug Lemov about how cellphones and social media harm the academic and social development of...
View ArticleMelissa Kearney on the Two-Parent Privilege
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Melissa Kearney about her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind. Nat and...
View ArticleEthan Hutt and Jack Schneider on Grades, Tests, and Transcripts
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Ethan Hutt and Jack Schneider about their new book, Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)....
View ArticleEthan Hutt and Jack Schneider on Grades, Tests, and Transcripts
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Ethan Hutt and Jack Schneider about their new book, Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)....
View ArticleBrooks Bowden on the Unintended Consequences of Academic Leniency
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Brooks Bowden about her recent paper The Unintended Consequences of Academic Leniency, co-authored by Viviana Rodriguez and Zach Weingarten....
View ArticleBrian Jacob and Vladimir Kogan on School Board Elections
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Brian Jacob and Vladimir Kogan about school board elections. Nat, Brian, and Vlad discuss how effective school board elections are at giving...
View Article2023 in Review
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus reviews the past year in education with Matt Barnum of The Wall Street Journal, Goldie Blumenstyk of The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Alyson Klein...
View ArticleDylan Wiliam on PISA, Assessment, and De-implementation
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Dylan Wiliam about the latest PISA results, education in the US vs. education in the UK, what tutors might learn that classroom teachers might...
View ArticleMike McShane on ESAs
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Mike McShane about education savings account (ESA) programs. Nat and Mike discuss the sudden growth in ESA programs over the past year, how...
View ArticleTom Richards on the Florence Academy of Art
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Tom Richards about the Florence Academy of Art, what serious art instruction looks like, how K–12 art education can be improved, the...
View ArticleAngela Watson on Homeschooling
During the pandemic, homeschooling rates spiked, reaching unprecedented levels. And although they have fallen some since then, homeschooling rates remain far higher than anything we saw before the...
View ArticleRick Hess and Mike McShane on Getting Education Right
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Rick Hess and Mike McShane about their new book, Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12, and...
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