An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of American high schools.
An excerpt from the book, "What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools," by Mathews, is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/what-i-learned-in-23-years-ranking-americas-most-challenging-high-schools/
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An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of American high schools.
An excerpt from the book, "What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools," by Mathews, is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/what-i-learned-in-23-years-ranking-americas-most-challenging-high-schools/
Ep. 221 - Dec. 9, 2020: Parents Use Litigation as a Lever to Open Schools
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Ep. 221 - Dec. 9, 2020: Parents Use Litigation as a Lever to Open Schools
The Director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Joshua Dunn, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss how parents have filed lawsuits in efforts to open schools for in-person instruction, and how the Supreme Court might eventually weigh in on these cases.
Dunn's article, "As Unions and Public Officials Push to Keep Schools Closed, Parents Fight Back," is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/unions-public-officials-push-keep-schools-closed-parents-fight-back/
EdNext Podcast
An education columnist for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews, joins Education Next editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss Mathews' new book, "An Optimist’s Guide to American Public Education," and The Challenge Index, Mathews' annual ranking of American high schools.
An excerpt from the book, "What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America’s Most Challenging High Schools," by Mathews, is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/what-i-learned-in-23-years-ranking-americas-most-challenging-high-schools/
