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The Education Exchange: Should Unions Sell Health Care?
Michael Podgursky joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the role of public sector unions in negotiating and sometimes even selling health care and other benefits to their members.
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The Education Exchange: A Master’s Degree from a Top University at a Fraction of the Cost
Josh Goodman of the Harvard Kennedy School sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss a new master's degree in computer science offered by Georgia Tech. The computer science department, one of the top 10 programs in the country, has set up a flexible, online program for working adults that charges only 1/6 of what an in-person master's degree costs.
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The Education Exchange: The Impact of School Choice on School District Resources
Martin Lueken of EdChoice and Benjamin Scafidi of Kennesaw State University sit down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss their reasearch on the effect of the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program on school district resources.
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The Education Exchange: Why is Opposition to Charter Schools Growing?
Demand for seats in charter schools remains high among families but public enthusiasm for continued growth of the charter sector seems to be slipping.
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal columnist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss where the opposition to charter schools is coming from.
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The Education Exchange: Which Voucher Models Should Be Expanded?
Dennis Epple, Professor of Economics at the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how states can expand their school choice programs, and whether those programs have been effective.
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The Education Exchange: Free Freshman Year of College
Steve Klinsky, founder and CEO of ModernStates.org, joins Paul Peterson to discuss his new charity, which offers students up to 40 transferrable college credits for free.
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The Education Exchange: Charter School Performance in New York City
Margaret Raymond, director of CREDO at Stanford University, sits down with Paul Peterson to discuss CREDO's latest study on charter schools in New York City.
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The Education Exchange: Giving Teachers Valuable Feedback and Rewards for Improvement
Former Chancellor of Washington, D.C. public schools and founder of StudentsFirst Michelle Rhee sits down with Paul Peterson to discuss some of the changes she helped enact in the nation's capital.
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The Education Exchange: Teacher Absences Greater in District Than Charter Schools
A new Fordham report finds that 28% of teachers in traditional district schools miss more than 10 school days a year for sick or personal leave while teachers in charter schools have lower rates absences.
David Griffith of the Fordham Institute talks with Paul Peterson about the report and about where teacher absence rates are high and low.
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The Education Exchange: Students Control the Learning at Summit Schools
Diane Tavenner, CEO of Summit Schools, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss how Summit has spent the past 15 years building a school model around what we know about what motivates students, how they learn, and what they need to be able to do.