Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Patrick Corvington
9.11.2019
 

On this week’s podcast, Patrick Corvington, executive director of DC School Reform Now, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to offer advice on how parents can play a role in improving their kids’ schools. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines the academic effects of early interventions for children born at a low birth-weight.

Amber’s Research Minute

Eric Chyn et al., “The Returns to Early-life Interventions for Very Low Birth Weight Children,” National Bureau of Economic Research (August 2019).

Policy Priority:
High Expectations
Topics:
Accountability & Testing
Governance
Teachers & School Leaders

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, editor in chief of the…

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David Griffith is Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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Amber Northern is senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s robust research portfolio and…

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Patrick Corvington is executive director of DC School Reform Now.

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