NEPC Talks Education: Recent Episodes
National Education Policy Center
NEPC Talks Education podcasts are 30 minutes of high-quality policy information for educators, community members, policymakers, and anyone interested in education. They are also a great teaching resource and engaging drive-time listening.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Susanna Loeb about the the recent release of Getting Down to Facts 3, a Stanford SCALE Initiative project that brings together more than 100 researchers to give California policymakers, educators, and families a shared, evidence-based picture of the state's public education system.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña speaks with Michael Rebell and Luisa Sanchez about the history of school finance adequacy litigation, highlighting how young advocates are currently pushing the state of Kentucky to fulfill its constitutional promise of an equitable and adequate education for all students.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Ain Grooms, Joshua Childs, and April Peters about implementing educational leadership systems that genuinely center equity.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Erica Turner and Bryan Mann about how demographic change is reshaping American schools and how current policy responses can promote equity and integration.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Roseann Liu and David Backer about their approaches to K-12 school finance research and why understanding the human dimensions of education funding is essential for achieving equity.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Jarvis Givens about his book, American Grammar: Race, Education and The Building of a Nation, which offers a revised origin story of American schooling that centers the experiences of Black and Native Americans.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Julie Marsh and James Bridgeforth about the unprecedented challenges facing California school board members and how they navigate today's complex political landscape.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Labaree about the tensions shaping American education and how recent developments in AI and school choice policies are intensifying these longstanding challenges.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Kevin Welner and Robert Kim about the dramatic shifts in K-12 federal education policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Faith Boninger and Andrew Liddell about the widespread adoption of education technology in schools and its unintended consequences.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Andrew Ho about National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), educational measurement, and the federal role in education and assessment.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Rachel White about the evolving landscape of K-12 educational leadership and the superintendency.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sophia Rodriguez and Jacob Kirksey about how changes in immigration policy affect students, families, and educational communities.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Lora Bartlett about teacher retention and professional resilience in the post-COVID era.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Dr. Michael Gottfried about the crisis of chronic absenteeism in K-12 education.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Josh Cowen and Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. about school choice, and how culture wars issues impact education policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Houston about the complex landscape of partisanship and polarization in education policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Francesca López about asset-based educational policies, practices, and programs.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Paula Arce-Trigatti and Caitlin Farrell about the components of research-practice partnerships, and discuss how research goals, research design, and practice look different across RPPs.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews professors Jonathan Feingold and Joshua Weishart about the implications of discriminatory censorship laws in K-12 education.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Van Lac, Ariel Reyes, and Carolina Montez-DeOca about their use of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), a collaborative methodological approach that centers youth voice and expertise in crafting research design to enact social change.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Matthew Kelly about the history of K-12 school finance policy and politics.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Adrienne D. Dixson about Critical Race Theory and K-12 education.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Christopher Lubienski and Suzanne Eckes about the impact of school choice and vouchers on K-12 students and public schools.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sarah Lenhoff, Jeremy Singer, and Katherine Michelmore about the intersection of education policy and social policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Beth Schueler, Domingo Morel, and David DeMatthews about state takeovers of K-12 public school districts.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Thomas Dee and Sally Nuamah about the causes and potential consequences of declining enrollment.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Linda Molner Kelley and Derek Pierce about creating and sustaining professional and healthy school cultures that support teachers.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Huriya Jabbar about K-12 school choice policy and its impacts on educational stakeholders.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Carrie Sampson about the role of school boards in K-12 educational policymaking.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor David Knight about K-12 school finance policy and practice.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Professor Derek Black about the role of the law and litigation in K-12 education policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews David Garcia about using research to engage in education policy.
University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Sonya Douglass about schools' efforts and capacity to promote racial justice in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEPC Researcher and University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Richard Ingersoll and Tuan Nguyen about teacher shortages.
NEPC Researcher and University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Richard Ingersoll and Tuan Nguyen about teacher shortages.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Morgan Craven, Ellen Reddy, and Kameisha Smith about the use of corporal punishment in schools.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Kristal Moore Clemons, Kendall Deas, and Jon Hale about Freedom Schools.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner about their new book, School’s Choice: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Raymond C. Pierce and Meagan Crowe of the Southern Education Foundation about the relationship between social, economic, and educational policy.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Derek Briggs and Scott Marion about the reporting and use of state and national test results.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Jeff Vincent, Julien Lafortune, and Kathleen Gebhardt about K-12 public school facilities and infrastructure spending.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Audrey Watters about her new book, Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Sade Bonilla and Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales about how ethnic studies curriculum and responsive pedagogy may increase student academic engagement and attainment.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Gloria Ladson-Billings about policymakers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in 2019.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Ann Ishimaru and members of Supporting Partnerships in Education and Beyond (SPED) about creating a system that is responsive to the cultures, languages, priorities, needs, hopes and dreams of the many racially and culturally diverse youth and families in our schools.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Lorrie Shepard about the Biden administration’s decision to require standardized testing this year.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Bruce Baker and Preston Green about COVID-19 relief funds, school vouchers, and reparations.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Kabria Baumgartner about her book In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire about their new book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Terrenda White about teacher dissent in neoliberal times.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Ben Williamson about education technology in schools.
NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldaña interviews Doris A. Santoro about why teachers leave the profession of teaching.
NEPC researcher Chris Saldaña and UCLA Berkeley professor Janelle Scott discuss the recent emergence of K-12 learning pods as a response by parents to the challenges of remote learning.