Name: Ep. 415 - Oct. 20, 2025 - The Education Exchange: After Mahmoud, How Far Will the Parent “Opt-Out” Movement Go? by The Education Exchange
Duration: 31 min 17 s
Description: Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Supreme Court has shifted its stance on school choice and religious freedom in education in the United States over the years.

Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Mac Donald's recent article, which is critical of the changes the Trump Administration has made with the National Science Foundation.

Mac Donald's article, "Trump Takes on Big Science," is available now from City Journal.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-national-science-foundation-education-grant-funding

Ep. 409 - Sept. 8, 2025 - Peeling Back the Curtain on the “Science” Funded by NSF

Martin R. West, the editor-in-chief of Education Next and member of the National Assessment Governing Board, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the latest release of National Assessment of Educational Progress data.

Ep. 410 - Sept. 15, 2025 - NAEP Scores of Graduating Seniors Continue to Fall

Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District., joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the district has worked to turn around lower performing schools.

Ep. 411 - Sept. 22, 2025 - How to Save a School District

Robert Henderson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the growing political divide between men and women in the United States.

Henderson's article, "The book that showed me manhood has to be created," is available now at The Boston Globe.

Ep. 412 - Sept. 29, 2025 - Men and Women are More Equal and More Different Than Ever

Patrick J. Wolf, a professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf’s new research, which investigates the effect of education savings accounts in the state of Arkansas.

"2024-25 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report," co-written with Daion L. Daniels, Alison Heape Johnson and Joshua B. McGee, is available now.
https://scdp.uark.edu/2024-25-arkansas-education-freedom-accounts-program-annual-report/

Ep. 413 - Oct. 6, 2025 - Arkansas Makes Case for Benefits of ESAs

Matt Sigelman, the President of the Burning Glass Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss online courses and certificates, and how many are not delivering the skills employers need.

Sigelman's report, "Holding New Credentials Accountable for Outcomes: We Need Evidence-Based Funding Models," co-written with Mark Schneider, Shrinidhi Rao, Scott Spitze, and Debbie Wasden, is available now.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6197797102be715f55c0e0a1/t/684c1077d4373f18701f76ee/1749815416101/Holding+New+Credentials+Accountable+For+Outcomes.pdf

Ep. 414 - Oct. 14, 2025 - How Valuable Are Credentials as an Alternative Career Pathway?

Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Supreme Court has shifted its stance on school choice and religious freedom in education in the United States over the years.

Ep. 415 - Oct. 20, 2025 - The Education Exchange: After Mahmoud, How Far Will the Parent “Opt-Out” Movement Go?

Joseph P. Viteritti, the Thomas Hunter Professor of Public Policy at Hunter College in New York, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Viteritti's new book, Radical Dreamers: Race, Choice, and the Failure of American Education.

Ep. 416 - Oct. 27, 2025 - When Radicals Dreamed Big About Better Student Outcomes

Vladimir Kogan, a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Kogan's new book, "No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids"

Ep. 417 - Nov. 3, 2025 - Who Are Schools Really For?

Thiru Vignarajah, the former Deputy Attorney General of Maryland and the former Law Clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the implications for dismantling or abolishing the U.S. Department of Education.

Ep. 418 - Nov. 10, 2025 - The Future of the Federal Role in Education

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Ep. 415 - Oct. 20, 2025 - The Education Exchange: After Mahmoud, How Far Will the Parent “Opt-Out” Movement Go?

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