#870: The Great School Rethink, with Rick Hess

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, <a href='https://www.aei.org/profile/frederick-m-hess/'>Rick Hess</a> of the American Enterprise Institute joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss his new book, <a href='https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/the-great-school-rethink'><em>The Great School Rethink</em></a>. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber discusses a Massachusetts study that found a connection between teachers’ scores on CTE licensure exams and the long-term earnings of their students.<br/><br/></p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>“How can we liberate students from drudgery? It’s time for a Great Rethink” —<a href='https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-how-can-we-liberate-students-from-drudgery-its-time-for-a-great-rethink/2023/05'>Rick Hess</a></li><li>“Education commentary is dominated by optimism bias” —<a href='https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/education-commentary-is-dominated'>Freddie deBoer</a></li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Bingjie Chien et al., “<a href='https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article-abstract/18/2/253/106760/CTE-Teacher-Licensure-and-Long-Term-Student'>CTE teacher licensure and long-term student outcomes</a>,” <em>Education Finance &amp; Policy</em> (March 2023)</li></ul><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Feedback Welcome:</b></p><p>Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to our producer Nathaniel Grossman at <a href='mailto:ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org'>ngrossman@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>