#898: How much competition public schools face, with Jeanette Luna

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Jeanette Luna, a production and research associate at the Fordham Institute, joins Mike to discuss the competitive pressures facing America’s largest school districts. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study investigating whether post-Covid grade inflation has begun to recede.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>“The education competition index: Quantifying competitive pressure in America’s 125 largest school districts” —<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/education-competition-index-quantifying-competitive-pressure-americas-125-largest'>David Griffith and Jeanette Luna, The Fordham Institute</a></li><li>“School choice isn’t killing traditional public schools. It’s making them better.” —<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/school-choice-isnt-killing-traditional-public-schools-its-making-them-better'>Michael Petrilli, The Fordham Institute</a></li><li>Dan Goldhaber and Maia Goodman Young, “<a href='https://caldercenter.org/sites/default/files/CALDER%20Brief%2035-1123.pdf'>Course Grades as a Signal of Student Achievement: Evidence on Grade Inflation Before and After COVID-19</a>,” Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (November 2023).</li></ul><p><b>Feedback Welcome:</b> Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Daniel Buck at <a href='mailto:dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org'>dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>