Education Gadfly Show #840: The state of state education reform

<p><b>On this week’s Education Show podcast, Jennifer Alexander, Executive Director of the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss recent state-level education reform victories, including Tennessee’s school funding overhaul and Illinois’s new charter facilities financing law . Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern discusses a study that examines the impact family structure has had on student achievement and discipline over time. </b></p><p><br/></p><p><b>Recommended Content: </b></p><ul><li><b>PIE Network’s 2022 Eddie Awards Nominees: “</b><a href='https://www.pie-network.org/2022-eddies-awards-game-changer-campaign-of-the-year/'><b>Game Changer Campaign of the Year</b></a><b>,” (August 2022). </b></li><li><b>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Nicholas Zill and Bradford Wilcox, “</b><a href='https://ifstudies.org/blog/strong-families-better-student-performance-the-more-things-change-the-more-they-remain-the-same'><b>Strong Families, Better Student Performance: The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same</b></a><b>,” Institute for Family Studies (August 2022)</b></li><li><b>Jeff Murray’s Fordham Institute review of Zill and Bradford’s study: “</b><a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/ohio/commentary/family-structure-and-academic-outcomes'><b>Family structure and academic outcomes</b></a><b>,” (September 6, 2022). </b></li></ul><p><br/></p><p><b>Feedback Welcome!</b></p><p><b>Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to our podcast producers Nathaniel Grossman and Lilly Sibel at </b><a href='mailto:ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org'><b>ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org</b></a><b> and </b><a href='mailto:lsibel@fordhaminstitue.org'><b>lsibel@fordhaminstitue.org</b></a></p>