Amber M. Northern

This week, Kevin Shafer of City Fund joins us to discuss the promise and challenges of district charter partnerships and his experience with school reform in Camden, New Jersey.

Should we try portfolio style reform with districts or just focus on growing high quality charters outside the system? Then on the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines a new study finding that districts losing students have more funding per pupil, but much of that money goes towards reserves, facilities, and more staff rather than higher teacher salaries.

All that and more this week on the Education Gadfly Show.

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This week, Kimberly Ritchie, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, joins us to discuss new federal guidance on school discipline and Title VI.

What does the department's new approach to racial discipline disparities mean for schools? Then on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a new NWEA study examining whether schools are getting Algebra 1 placement right and why students should be allowed to take Algebra as soon as they're ready for it.

All that and more this week on the Education Gadfly Show.

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This week, Ian Rowe, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, joins us to discuss Nicole Hannah-Jones' recent reflections on her daughter's education and what her experience says about school choice, parental agency, and family structure.

Plus, why is family structure so often missing from conversations about student achievement, and should education data do more to account for it? Then on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a new study of team-based teaching in Arizona.

The model showed promising results in middle school math and significantly lower teacher turnover, but little or no benefit at the elementary school level.

All that and more this week on the Education Gadfly Show.