David Deming and John Friedman on Highly Selective College Admissions
David Deming and John Friedman on Highly Selective College Admissions
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, selective colleges, and their admissions practices, hav... Read more
9 Aug 2023
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50mins
Arthur VanderVeen on Assessments
Arthur VanderVeen on Assessments
Ever since No Child Left Behind was signed into law in 2002, assessments have been a fixture of the education landscape—... Read more
27 Jul 2023
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43mins
Ethan Mollick on AI
Ethan Mollick on AI
At the end of this past November, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, and, since then, there has been a lot of discussion of what A... Read more
12 Jul 2023
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51mins
Larry Berger on Curriculum
Larry Berger on Curriculum
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat speaks with Larry Berger about the science of reading, education technology, cur... Read more
28 Jun 2023
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47mins
Katharine Birbalsingh on Michaela
Katharine Birbalsingh on Michaela
What does a good school like? How does a good school operate? What does a good school do differently? There are probably... Read more
14 Jun 2023
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51mins
Rick Hess on The Great School Rethink
Rick Hess on The Great School Rethink
As we move past the pandemic, many are asking, “What’s next?” Some argue that now is the time for reinventing schooling.... Read more
1 Jun 2023
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57mins
Adam Mastroianni on Strong- and Weak-Link Problems
Adam Mastroianni on Strong- and Weak-Link Problems
This episode is a little different than normal: it’s not directly about education. Instead, it’s about peer review, stro... Read more
18 May 2023
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51mins
Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin on Teacher Evaluation and Compensation
Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin on Teacher Evaluation and Compensation
During the last decade, Dallas Independent School District overhauled its system for evaluating and compensating teacher... Read more
4 May 2023
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53mins
Christopher Campos and John Deasy on Neighborhood School Choice
Christopher Campos and John Deasy on Neighborhood School Choice
We at the Report Card are on break this week, so we are re-upping a conversation from March 2022 that we think is intere... Read more
19 Apr 2023
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47mins
Michael Hartney on Teachers Unions
Michael Hartney on Teachers Unions
Teachers unions are undoubtedly a potent force in American education and politics. But questions about what teachers uni... Read more
5 Apr 2023
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57mins