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Summary: Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Our podcasts include stories, interviews, and discussions of the latest developments in education policy. The Education Next Book Club features in-depth interviews by Mike Petrilli with authors of new and classic books about education. For more information visit educationnext.org

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Podcasts:

 Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:07

Mike Petrilli talks with Tony Wagner about how schools can light the spark of innovation within their students.

 Ed Next Book Club: Andy Smarick on The Urban School System of the Future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:56

Mike Petrilli talks with Andy Smarick about alternatives to urban school districts.

 Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:06

Mike Petrilli talks with David Cohen about the depressing track record of efforts to improve teaching and learning.

 Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:51

Mike Petrilli talks with Nate Levenson about getting by with smaller school budgets.

 Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Mike Petrilli talks with Paul Tough about his new book on the role of grit in success.

 Ed Next Book Club: Michael Horn on Disrupting Class | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:54

Mike Petrilli talks with Michael Horn about disruptive innovation in education.

 Ed Next Book Club: Peg Tyre’s The Good School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality.

 Ed Next Book Club: Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:03

Mike Petrilli talks with Diane Ravitch about her best-selling book and her vision for the future.

 Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough’s Whatever it Takes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:58

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough about his book on the Harlem Children’s Zone.

 Ed Next Book Club: Chester Finn’s Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform Since Sputnik | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:02

Mike Petrilli talks with Chester Finn about the path education reform has taken over the past 40 years and his own path through history.

 Students in Affluent School Districts Post Mediocre Results | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:36

Podcast: Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countries.

 Power to the Principals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:16

Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss a study of Chicago principals who were given the power to choose which teachers to fire.

 A New Leader for New Orleans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:27

Podcast: John White talks with Education Next about his goals for the Recovery School District.

 NCLB Waivers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:15

Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss efforts by Arne Duncan to give states some leeway with respect to NCLB.

 GOP Candidates on Education | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:15

Podcast: Paul Peterson and Chester Finn discuss education policy and the Republican candidates for president.

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