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Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy case, a religious education case that will be heard by the United States Supreme Court in their upcoming term.

Misty Gallo, Distinguished Doctoral Fellow at the University of Arkansas in the Department of Education Reform, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the 2025–26 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report.

Jim Blew, advisor to the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Coaltion, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit law, scheduled to go into effect in January 2027.

Dan Weisberg, Chief Program and Policy Officer at the Wallace Foundation and former deputy chancellor of New York City Public Schools, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how AI is being regulated in schools, and how technology could help teachers.

Steven Wilson, a Senior Fellow at the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Nikole Hannah-Jones' recent essay, in which she wrestles with her decision to send her daughter to an under-performing public school.

Michael Kirst, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a recently passed law that gives California's governor more power over education in the state.

Angela R. Watson, a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how regulations with the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit may exclude home schools and microschools.

Dan Hamlin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Hamlin's latest research, which looks to measure the growth and impact of microschools in the United States.

Mike Miles, the superintendent of Houston Independent School District, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Miles' new book, By Design: How to Transform School Systems.

Paul DiPerna, the vice president of research and innovation for EdChoice, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the results in the latest EdChoice Schooling in America survey.

Ian V. Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Rowe's latest research, which investigates the role of family culture in student achievement. "Family Structure, a Key Factor Hidden in Plain Sight: The Case for Federal Reporting in Education," co-written with Brad Wilcox and Grant Bailey, is available now at AEI. https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/family-structure-a-key-factor-hidden-in-plain-sight-the-case-for-federal-reporting-in-education/

Michael Hartney, the Bruni Family Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and an associate professor of political science at Boston College, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss how the Democratic Party has embraced teachers unions, and how that could impact education reform moving forward.

Dixie Lane joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Lane's new book,"Skipping School: A History of American Homeschooling and How It Went Mainstream."

Geoffrey Kocks, a research associate at Blueprint Labs and PhD student at MIT, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Kocks' recent report, "Two Decades of Massachusetts Charter School Effects." https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/two-decades-of-massachusetts-charter-school-effects/

Michelle Rhee, a a Venture Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures and the former chancellor of Washington, D.C., Public Schools, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the future of Washington schools under presumptive mayor Janeese Lewis George.