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Ep. 70 - Feb. 1, 2017: Match Beyond Coaches Students to a College Degree Feb 01, 2017

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Mike Larsson, co-founder and chief operating officer of Match Beyond, talks with Marty West about how his program helps low-income students overcome the obstacles that prevent many from finishing college. For more about Match Beyond, please read: http://educationnext.org/new-path-to-a-college-degree-match-beyond-low-income-students/

Ep. 69 - Jan. 25, 2017: DeVos and Detroit Schools Jan 24, 2017

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Depending on your news source, you might not realize that charter schools are actually outperforming district schools in Detroit. Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a blog entry he co-authored with Jason Bedrick examining all of the data on Detroit charter school performance. You can read the blog entry here: http://educationnext.org/the-data-on-detroit/

Ep. 68 - Jan. 18, 2017: What Went Wrong with Obama's Teacher Evaluation Reform? Jan 17, 2017

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The efforts by the Obama administration to promote changes in the way teachers are evaluated have paid off in some ways but backfired in others. Marty West talks about teacher evaluation reform with Chad Aldeman, who worked as a policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Education on ESEA waivers, teacher preparation, and the Teacher Incentive Fund. He is the author of, "The Teacher Evaluation Revamp, In Hindsight," available here: http://educationnext.org/the-teacher-evaluation-revamp-in-hindsight-obama-administration-reform

Ep. 67 - Jan. 10, 2017: What to Expect from Betsy DeVos's Confirmation Hearing Jan 10, 2017

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With Betsy DeVos's confirmation hearing scheduled for January 17, EdNext's Marty West talks with Mike McShane, the author of a new profile of the Education secretary designee, about what to expect. McShane's article can be found here: http://educationnext.org/betsy-devos-relatively-mainstream-reformer-education-secretary/

Ep. 66 - Jan. 4, 2017: Howard Fuller on Betsy DeVos and School Choice Jan 04, 2017

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Howard Fuller talks with EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West about his reaction to the election results, his thoughts on Betsy DeVos, and what supporters of school choice can do now.

Ep. 65 - Dec. 21, 2016: Making Sense of 2016 Dec 21, 2016

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2016 was a year of surprises. In 100 Must-Read Articles on the Shape of 2016, AEI's Andy Smarick highlights the themes of the past year through a selection articles that best explain the outcome of the election and more. In this episode of the podcast, he joins EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss some of the most interesting articles. You can find Andy's list of articles here: http://educationnext.org/100-must-read-articles-on-shape-of-2016

Ep. 64 - Dec. 14, 2016: How Does Parental Satisfaction Vary Across School Sectors? Dec 14, 2016

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Two new studies compare the views of charter school parents to the views of private school and district school parents. In this episode of the podcast, Marty West talks with Paul E. Peterson about the studies, which they helped conduct. You can read the two studies here: What Do Parents Think of Their Children’s Schools? http://educationnext.org/what-do-parents-think-of-childrens-schools-ednext-private-district-charter How Satisfied are Parents with Their Children’s Schools? http://educationnext.org/how-satisfied-are-parents-with-childrens-schools-us-dept-ed-survey

Ep. 63: Dec. 7, 2016: School Suspensions and Teacher Race Dec 07, 2016

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Students of color are suspended more often than their white peers, but the rates of suspension and expulsion change when students have a teacher of the same race. That’s what Constance Lindsay and Cassandra Hart found when they analyzed data from North Carolina elementary schools. In this episode of the EdNext podcast, Marty West interviews Lindsay about the study she and Hart published, “Teacher Race and School Discipline,” You can read their study at http://educationnext.org/teacher-race-and-school-discipline-suspensions-research/

Ep. 62 - Nov. 30, 2016: Charter Schools for the Preschool Set Nov 30, 2016

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While the idea of a diverse group of providers has not always been welcome in K-12 education policy, there have always been a wide range of providers for early childhood education. Now, charter schools in a number of states are expanding to serve kids younger than kindergarten. Why has it taken so long? And what do these schools look like? In this episode of the EdNext podcast, editor-in-chief Marty West talks with Ashley LiBetti Mitchel, co-author of "The Charter Model Goes to Preschool," available at http://educationnext.org/charter-model-goes-to-preschool/

Ep. 61 - Nov. 16 2016: Will New Orleans’ Education Reforms Stick? Nov 16, 2016

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The governing arrangements that made New Orleans a darling of education reformers will soon be a thing of the past. Is this the beginning of the end of the nation’s most promising experiment in non-traditional education governance? Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White sits down with EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West in this episode of the EdNext podcast to discuss why lawmakers in Louisiana voted to dissolve the governing arrangements and what will happen when control over education in New Orleans returns to a local school board.

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