The Report Card with Nat Malkus Podcast
1) Why Are Test Scores Falling? (with James Wyckoff and Chad Aldeman)
Earlier this month, 2024 NAEP scores came out for 8th grade science and 12th grade reading and math, and the results were not good, with students losing ground in each subject. But these declines are ...Show More
2) Education and the Second Trump Administration, 233 Days In
A lot has happened in education over the last couple of months. A new school year started for students across the country. State governors began announcing whether they would be opting in to the new f...Show More
3) The Competitive Effects of School Choice (with Sarah Cordes)
Many school choice proponents today focus on what choice does for the students who use it to leave traditional public schools. But one of the original arguments for choice was that, through competitio...Show More
4) Adult Interests vs. Student Needs (with Vlad Kogan)
Over the past decade, schools increasingly have become a battleground for political fights and culture wars that distract from student learning. But, according to a new book, these political fights an...Show More
5) AI Lessons from Nigeria (with Martín De Simone)
Some say AI is the future of education, but there are reasons for skepticism, especially if we limit the conversation to the US and other wealthy countries. However, for many regions of the world—part...Show More
6) Education and the Second Trump Administration, 177 Days In
A lot has happened in education over the last few weeks. Among other things, Congress passed a national school choice program and reshaped the student loan system. The Justice Department pressured the...Show More
7) Big Changes to Student Lending in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (with Preston Cooper)
About one month ago, the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a massive bill aimed at advancing President Trump’s domestic policy agenda. Now, the bill is with the Senate.Included in the bill ...Show More
8) The Unintended Effects of Increased Technology Access (with Jared Schachner)
When schools went remote during the pandemic, internet access became essential, but not all students had access to a high-quality connection. So, in the summer of 2020, Chicago launched Chicago Connec...Show More
9) Education and the Second Trump Administration, 135 Days In
A lot has happened over the past couple of weeks. The Trump administration announced that it would go after Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. A judge ordered the Department of Educat...Show More
10) Jonathan Haidt on Childhood, Play, and Social Media
Kids spend hours a day on their phones scrolling through social media. Many have debated whether all this social media use is bad for mental health, but there’s a more basic question that needs to be ...Show More