The Education Exchange: The Ever-Stubborn, Often-Widening Achievement Gap

“The Education Exchange · Ep. 444 – May 26, 2026 – The Ever-Stubborn, Often-Widening Achievement Gap Patrick J. Wolf, a Distinguished Professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Wolf’s paper, “The Nation’s Achievement Inequality Report Card: An Assessment of Interquartile Test Score Gaps and Equality Trends in Traditional Public, Charter, Catholic, and Department of Defense Schools,” which was presented at “ School Choice: Impacts on Participants, Non-Participants, Educators, and Entrepreneurs ,” a conference hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance on May 7 and 8, 2026. Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or here on Education Next. — Education Next The post The Education Exchange: The Ever-Stubborn, Often-Widening Achievement Gap appeared first on Education Next .

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