#828: Arizona’s expanded ESA: The big enchilada of school choice - 7/13/22

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Matt Beienburg, Director of Education Policy at the Goldwater Institute, joins Mike Petrilli to discuss a new Arizona law that allows any school-aged child to use a taxpayer-funded savings account to pay for private school—or any other educational expense. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber Northern reviews a study on whether a content-rich literacy intervention improves third graders’ reading comprehension. </p><p> <b>Recommended Content: </b></p><ul><li>Matt Beienburg, “<a href='https://www.the74million.org/article/opinion-in-arizonas-historic-esa-expansion-a-blueprint-for-educational-freedom/'>In Arizona’s Historic ESA Expansion, a Blueprint for Educational Freedom</a>,” The 74 (July 2022). </li><li>James S. Kim, Patrick Rich, and Ethan Scherer, “<a href='https://edworkingpapers.org/sites/default/files/ai22-600.pdf'>Long-Term Effects of a Sustained Content Literacy Intervention on Third Graders’ Reading Comprehension Outcomes</a>,” EdWorkingPaper: 22-600, retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (July 2022).</li></ul><p><b>Feedback Welcome!</b></p><p>Have ideas on our podcast? Send them to our podcast producers Pedro Enamorado and Lilly Sibel at <a href='mailto:penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org'>penamorado@fordhaminstitute.org</a> and <a href='mailto:lsibel@fordhaminstitute.org'>lsibel@fordhaminstitute.org</a> </p>