Vol 35 - Money Follows the Child (and So Should Democrats) - Jorge Elorza on DFER and the New Tax Credit
Jorge Elorza — former mayor of Providence, now CEO of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) — joins Jed Wallace and Andy Rotherham for a frank conversation about the federal scholarship tax credit, the Democratic Party’s education problem, and what a reset actually requires.
They dig into how the n…
Andy Rotherham, Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Bellwether
Andy Rotherham, Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Bellwether, has built a career in public service driven by a deep belief in expanding opportunity for those too often left behind. Growing up in Reston, Virginia, he saw how even communities that appear integrated can mask significant inequities — pa…
Education and the Second Trump Administration, 471 Days In
Although the Trump administration’s efforts to reform education might not be making national headlines quite as often as they did one year ago, a lot has still happened in education over the last several months.
The Trump administration has continued its push to dismantle the Department of Educatio…
A Conversation with Andy Rotherham on Hot Topics in Education for 2023
This episode was originally released on September 28, 2023 | In this episode of Holland & Knight Public Policy & Regulation Group's "Eyes on Washington" podcast series, Senior Policy Advisor Lauren Maddox sits down with Andy Rotherham, co-founder and partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a nati…
Vol 36 - A Conversation with Pat Brantley, CEO of Friendship Public Schools
Pat Brantley — CEO of Friendship Public Schools and a 2026 inductee into the National Charter School Hall of Fame — joins Jed Wallace and Andy Rotherham for a WonkyFolk conversation recorded live in front of an audience at Friendship's Armstrong campus in Washington, DC.
Pat traces her path from Ne…
Shortcuts, Skeptics, and What Schools Keep Getting Backwards
Andy Rotherham has spent 25 years advising the education sector — co-founding Bellwether, serving in the Clinton administration and on the Virginia Board of Education, and writing Eduwonk. He's also clear about something that's become unfashionable to say plainly: he's a skeptic of how AI will be u…
Week in Edtech 8/19/26: ChatGPT for Teens, $265M Reach Capital Fund, The EdTech Backlash, AI’s Competitive Shakeup, and More! Feat. Sabine Wallis, NWEA & Andy Rotherham and Marisa Mission, Bellwether
Join hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin as they break down the biggest stories shaping AI, Edtech investment, the growing tech backlash, and the future of assessment.
✨ Episode Highlights:[00:05:47] ChatGPT for Teens introduces new safety and learning features[00:11:29] Generalized AI models raise n…
Vol 37 - Reed, Rahm, and Randi: The New Three R's in Education?
The founder of Netflix says school is about to be unrecognizable. A former mayor is talking about reading scores. A teachers' union president is boycotting Target.
Reed Hastings, Rahm Emanuel, and Randi Weingarten — Jed Wallace and Andy Rotherham take the three in turn.
Reed Hastings makes the tech…
Vol 38 – Derrell’s Mom Got There First: Unpacking The Nikole Hannah-Jones Article
Ten years ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote about choosing a struggling, segregated public school for her daughter as a matter of principle. This month she wrote the sequel, and it did not go the way she hoped.
Derrell Bradford read it at 6:30 on a Sunday morning and forwarded it to his mother with a …
Vol 39 - From Borscht to Bluebook: Jeremy Singer on the SAT, AI, and the Authenticity Crisis
The president of the College Board on test blind admissions, AI cheating, and why nobody can tell what students actually know anymore.
Andy opens with a deadpan welcome to an organization "that just everybody loves." Jeremy Singer, President of the College Board, doesn't miss a beat: "There's large…
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