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. 224 - Feb. 17, 2021: How a Nationwide Teacher Strike Has Closed In-Person Public Schools
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Ep. 224 - Feb. 17, 2021: How a Nationwide Teacher Strike Has Closed In-Person Public Schools
The executive vice president of 50Can, Derrell Bradford, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the ongoing school closures amid to Covid-19, and how this is essentially an extension of teacher union activism of the past few years.
Bradford's blog post, "A Rolling National Teacher Strike Is Why Schools Are Closed," is available now.
https://www.educationnext.org/rolling-national-teacher-strike-is-why-schools-are-closed/
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/
