#976: A new hub for smarter education policy, with Doug Harris
Jul 09, 2025•40 min
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Episode description
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Doug Harris, director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), joins us to discuss a new website aimed at advancing evidence-based education policy and supporting more effective decision-making in schools.
Then, on the Research Minute, Meredith Coffey examines new data from Massachusetts that reveal lasting post-pandemic shifts in school enrollment, particularly in the middle grades and in higher-income districts.
Recommended content:
- “AEFP Live Handbook of Education Policy Research” —Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP)
- “School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic” —Abigail Francis and Joshua Goodman, EdWorkingPapers (June 2025)
- “Analyzing homeschooling demographics and families’ definitions of student success” —Jeff Murray, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
- “Fixing IES” —Chester E. Finn, Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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