The Education Exchange
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The Education Exchange
A weekly podcast highlighting education policy news, hosted by Paul E. Peterson, Senior editor of Education Next
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Ep. 414 - Oct. 14, 2025 - How Valuable Are Credentials as an Alternative Career Pathway?
Matt Sigelman, the President of the Burning Glass Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss online courses and certificates, and how many are not d...
Ep. 413 - Oct. 6, 2025 - Arkansas Makes Case for Benefits of ESAs
Patrick J. Wolf, a professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf’s new research, which investiga...
Ep. 412 - Sept. 29, 2025 - Men and Women are More Equal and More Different Than Ever
Robert Henderson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the growing political divide between men and women in...
Ep. 411 - Sept. 22, 2025 - How to Save a School District
Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District., joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the district has worked to turn around...
Ep. 410 - Sept. 15, 2025 - NAEP Scores of Graduating Seniors Continue to Fall
Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next and member of the National Assessment Governing Board, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the lat...
Ep. 409 - Sept. 8, 2025 - Peeling Back the Curtain on the “Science” Funded by NSF
Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Mac Donald's recent article, which is cri...
Ep. 408 - Sept. 3, 2025 - As Trump Continues the Fight with Higher Ed, Will Harvard Be the Next Domino to Fall?
Ilya Marritz, an independent journalist, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Marritz's recent reporting on the relationship between Alan Garber, the pre...
Ep. 407 - Aug. 25, 2025 - Make School Boards Matter
Scott R. Levy, an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Levy's new book, Why School Boards M...
Ep. 406 - Aug. 18, 2025 - Why Not Choose Public Schools?
Brian Stephens, the CEO of Caissa K12, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how public schools can make themselves more appealing to students and parents...
Ep. 405 - Aug. 11, 2025 - Did Columbia Capitulate or Correct Course?
Paul Carrese, a Professor in the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Colu...
Ep. 404 - Aug. 4, 2025 - What Will States Do With the New Federal Choice Program?
Derrell Bradford, the president of 50CAN, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how states might react to the new tax credit scholarship provision that wa...
Ep. 403 - July 28, 2025 - How Will the Next Mayor of New York City Govern Its Public Schools?
Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Columbia University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the New Yor...
Ep. 402 - July 21, 2025 - Free Inquiry on the Ropes in the Academy
Robert Maranto, the 21st Century Chair in Leadership in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to di...
Ep. 401 - July 14, 2025 - “Congress Swung for the Fences on School Choice and Hit a Single”
Robert Enlow, the President and CEO of EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the tax credit scholarship provi...
Ep. 400 - July 7, 2025 - Magnet Schools: The Dark Horse of School Choice
Matthew Lenard, an assistant professor of education leadership and policy studies at Florida State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Lenar...
Ep. 399 - June 30, 2025 - Public School Enrollments Down 2 Percent Since 2020
"School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic," co-written with Abigail Francis, is available now.
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Ep. 398 - June 23, 2025 - One Big Beautiful Tax Credit Scholarship?
Jim Blew, co-founder of the Defense of Freedom Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a school choice provision in H.R. 1, the U.S. House reconc...
Ep. 397 - June 16, 2025 - The Illusion of Local Control of Schools
Vladimir Kogan, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new report which find...
Ep. 396 - June 9, 2025 - Opportunity Knocked for Universal Vouchers in North Carolina, and Parents Answered
Anna J. Egalite, a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development in the College of Education at North Carolina...
Ep. 395 - June 2, 2025 - Public Broadly Supports School Choice Despite Persistent Partisan Gaps
Paul DiPerna, the Vice President of Research and Innovation for EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how public opinion has shaped the conversa...
Ep. 394 - May 27, 2025 - Who Are the Homeschoolers?
Angela R. Watson, a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Watson's recent rese...
Ep. 393 - May 19, 2025 - Blacks Progressed More Rapidly Before Affirmative Action than Since
Jason Riley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Riley’s new boo...
Ep. 392 - May 12, 2025 - Can Vouchers Forge Pathways to College?
David Figlio, the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Rochester, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Figlio's latest r...
Ep. 391 - May 5, 2025 - “We Knew from the Beginning Closing Schools Would Be Bad for Kids”
David Zweig joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss new book, An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions, and how th...
Ep. 390 - April 28, 2025 - The Largest Educational Intervention You’ve Never Heard Of
Bhash Mazumder, a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Mazumder's recent paper, which loo...
Ep. 389 - April 21, 2025 - What’s the Matter with Interdistrict Open Enrollment?
Ben Scafidi, Professor and Director of the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the 2025 Kansas...
Ep. 388 - April 14, 2025 - Blue State Blues
Michael Hartney, a fellow at the Hoover Institution and assistant professor of political science at Boston College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss...
Ep. 387 - April 7, 2025 - The State of Our Schools Five Years after Covid
Thomas Kane, the Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how school distr...
Ep. 386 - March 31, 2025 - Reckoning with the Failures of the Covid Era
Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, joins Paul E. Pet...
Ep. 385 - March 24, 2025 - Once-Thriving Charter Schools Sailing into Troubled Waters
Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wilson's new book, The Lost Decade: Return...
Ep. 384 - March 17, 2025 - Charter Schools at Center of Urban Policy Dispute in Los Angeles
Jennifer Hochschild, the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Hochschild's latest book...
Ep. 383 - March 10, 2025 - Why DOGE Cuts at IES Are Incredibly Inefficient
Adam Gamoran, the president of the William T. Grant Foundation, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Trump Administration's contract cancellation...
Ep. 382 - March 3, 2025 - Holding the Line in Los Angeles
Nick Melvoin, member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how LAUSD have responded to the...
Ep. 379 - Feb. 10, 2025 - Constitutionality of Religious Charter Schools Suddenly on the Brink
Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Supreme Court agreeing to take up the St. Isido...
Ep. 380 - Feb. 18, 2025 - Students Are Learning About Both America’s Progress and its Racist Legacy, Survey Finds
Brian Kisida, an associate professor at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, University of Missouri, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss...
Ep. 378 - Feb. 3, 2025 - New NAEP Results Reveal Decade-Long Phenomenon of Persistent Learning Loss
Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next and member of the National Assessment Governing Board, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the lat...
Ep. 381 - Feb. 24, 2025 - Big Money Comes to High School Sports
Andrew Perloff, a freelance writer and producer and the co-host of the nationally syndicated sports-radio program "The Maggie and Perloff Show," joins...
Ep. 376 - Jan. 21, 2025 - The Battle of Houston: Rescuing a Floundering District from a Broken System
Mike Miles, Superintendent of Schools for Houston Independent School District joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Miles' efforts to turn around Houston...
Ep. 377 - Jan. 27, 2025 - Can Pandemic Recovery Be Accelerated with Technology?
Jean-Claude Brizard, President and CEO of Digital Promise Global, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the future of digital and virtual learning, and ho...
Ep. 375 - Jan. 13, 2025 - Do Religious Schools Discriminate When Students Pray?
Benjamin Fleshman, Council at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the St. Dominic Academy v. Makin case, which lo...