Paul Peterson

3 days ago | educationnext.org | Paul Peterson

New study finds some Kansas school districts are cagey about capacity for accepting transfer students Ben Scafidi, Professor and Director of the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the 2025 Kansas Open Enrollment Report and its implications on enrollment policies nationwide. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here on Education Next.

1 week ago | educationnext.org | Paul Peterson

Michael Hartney, a fellow at the Hoover Institution and assistant professor of political science at Boston College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss their new joint research, which finds that states that voted for Kamala Harris in the last presidential election saw more learning loss following the Covid-19 pandemic than those that voted for Donald Trump, according to the most recent results from the 2014 National Assessment of Education Progress.

2 weeks ago | educationnext.org | Paul Peterson

Thomas Kane, the Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how school districts have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how districts need to pivot from short-term recovery to long-term strategies to improve student outcomes. The latest edition of the Education Recovery Scorecard is available now.

3 weeks ago | educationnext.org | Paul Peterson

The pandemic brought out the worst in our politics. Students are still paying the price. Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Macedo’s new book, In Covid’s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, co-written with Frances Lee. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or here on Education Next.

1 month ago | educationnext.org | Paul Peterson

Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at Center on Reinventing Public Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wilson’s new book, The Lost Decade: Returning to the Fight for Better Schools in America.