My mother-in-law tells me that the Mt. Everest of every academic’s career is being interviewed on NPR. While Terry Gross hasn’t called (yet), I have had the chance to talk about my work and to comment on a variety of developments in education history, policy, and law with a range of delightfully sharp journalists. Some of these stories, interviews, and podcasts can be found below.
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“A Constitutional Right to Literacy for Detroit’s Kids?” (Op Ed) New York Times (April 26, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/gary-whitmer-detroit.html
“When America’s Schools Shut Down, We All Lose” Education Week (March 23, 2020). https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/03/20/when-americas-schools-shut-down-we-all.html
“Episode 82: Milton Friedman’s day in court” Have You Heard Podcast (February 6, 2020). https://soundcloud.com/haveyouheardpodcast/82-milton-friedmans-day-in-court
“Homeschooling: Questioning authority, liberty, and democracy in education” WUNC: The State of Things (October 29, 2019). https://www.wunc.org/post/homeschooling-questioning-authority-liberty-and-democracy-education
“Episode 107: Pushing back against student absenteeism” Class Dismissed Podcast. https://classdismissedpodcast.com/education/episode-107-pushing-back-against-student-absenteeism/
“Maryland’s new education formula is being hailed as a breakthrough. Is it too soon?” NPR/WAMU (June 14, 2019). https://wamu.org/story/19/06/14/marylands-new-education-formula-is-being-hailed-as-a-breakthrough-is-it-too-soon/
“At Least 465 truant students were kicked out of Indiana virtual schools under a law meant to keep them there” Chalk Beat (April, 12, 2019). https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2019/04/12/at-least-465-truant-students-were-kicked-out-of-indiana-virtual-schools-under-a-law-meant-to-keep-them-there/
“Episode 2: History of the Student Record” For the Record: An AACRO Podcast (February, 18, 2019). https://www.aacrao.org/resources/newsletters-blogs/for-the-record/article/for-the-record/2019/02/18/episode-2-history-of-the-student-record
“Betsy DeVos is Fabricating History to Sell a Bad Education Policy” The New Republic (January 28, 2019). https://newrepublic.com/article/152979/betsy-devos-fabricating-history-sell-bad-education-policy
“Why Competency-Based Education is Exciting and Where it may Stumble” KQED: MindShift (January, 14, 2019): https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/52866/why-competency-based-education-is-exciting-and-where-it-may-stumble.
“An EDlection Showdown in Maryland: Could a ‘Blue Wave’ Unseat America’s Second-Most Popular Governor—and Reshape the State’s Education Priorities?” The 74 (August 6, 2018): https://www.the74million.org/article/an-edlection-showdown-in-maryland-could-a-blue-wave-unseat-americas-second-most-popular-governor-and-reshape-the-states-education-priorities/.
“Can Schools Commit Malpractice? It Depends” EducationNext (July 30, 2018): https://www.educationnext.org/can-schools-commit-malpractice-it-depends-detroit/.
“Causes and Consequences of Student Absenteeism: An Interview with Michael Gottfried and Ethan Hutt” EducationNC (June 21, 2018): https://www.ednc.org/2018/06/21/causes-and-consequences-of-student-absenteeism-an-interview-with-michael-gottfried-and-ethan-hutt/.