On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Sandi Jacobs, Principal at EdCounsel and former Senior Education Program Specialist for Reading First at the U.S. Department of Education, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss why reading programs based on debunked science persist in schools. Her answer: It’s complicated. Educators, in part, may struggle with the idea that they’ve been teaching something incorrectly. And strong, evidence-backed replacements programs can lack hefty marketing budgets. After this discussion, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines a study on how dual-language education affects math and reading outcomes.
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#923: Debating school funding inequities, with Alex Spurrier
#922: Redesigning high school diplomas, with Dr. Katie Jenner
#921: Rethinking reading comprehension instruction, with Daniel Buck
#920: Integration and charter schools, with Brian Kisida
#919: Why we should teach the history of human progress, with Marian Tupy
#918: The broken pipeline of advanced education, with Adam Tyner
#917: The end of Chevron Deference, with Joshua Dunn
#916: The case for curriculum reform, with Robert Pondiscio
#915: Eliminating school boundaries, with Derrell Bradford
#914: A comprehensive vision for conservative education reform, with Rick Hess
#913: Advancing cross-partisan education policies, with Lorén Cox and Karen Nussle
#912: Predicting charter school success, with Adam Kho and Alex Quigley
#911: The flaws in school funding formulas, with Rebecca Sibilia
#910: Reforming Houston ISD, with Mike Miles
#909: Rethinking “equitable” grading, with Adam Tyner and Meredith Coffey
#908: The looming expiration of Covid relief funds, with Chad Aldis
#907: How to do tutoring right, with Alan Safran
#906: Does teacher licensing matter?, with Chad Aldeman
#905: Trump’s education agenda, with Lindsey Burke
#904: Residential mobility, student achievement, and charter schools, with Douglas Lauen
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