Education Gadfly Show #849: The success of Denver’s “portfolio”-style school reform, with Parker Baxter

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Mike Petrilli and David Griffith talk with the University of Colorado’s <a href='https://publicaffairs.ucdenver.edu/people/faculty/parker-baxter'>Parker Baxter</a> on how Denver’s comprehensive school reform effort led to higher student achievement and graduation rates. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber brings us good news about a third grade retention policy in Indiana.<br/><br/><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>“The system-level effects of Denver’s portfolio strategy on student academic outcomes” —<a href='https://bellwether.org/beta/assembly/'>Parker</a> Baxter</li><li><a href='https://ucdenver.zoom.us/rec/share/sLnUfNJuIW_Z6KLzAAdlx7AbGUUkMwbYgvHvkvcakjf6orqExaRJGlqfa1AsFPHi.cnFNBnzdwuaRT8Bc'>A University of Colorado video</a> on Parker Baxter’s study. </li><li>“Denver Public Schools’ controversial reform strategy led to higher test scores and graduation rates, but not without costs” —<a href='https://www.cpr.org/2022/12/06/denver-public-schools-reform-strategy-school-choice-results/'>Colorado Public Radio</a></li><li>The study that Amber reviewed on the Research Minute: Young Hwang and Cory Koedel, “<a href='https://www.edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-688.pdf'>Holding Back to Move Forward: The Effects of Retention in the Third Grade on Student Outcomes</a>,” Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (December 2022).</li></ul><p><br/><b>Feedback Welcome:<br/><br/></b>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>