The Report Card with Nat Malkus

Education Podcasts

The Report Card with Nat Malkus is the education podcast of the American Enterprise Institute. It is a hub for discussing innovative work to improve education – from early childhood to higher education – and the lives of America’s children. It...

Episodes

Should We Close the US Department of Education?

How Schools Should Approach Mental Health (with Carolyn D. Gorman)

How AI and Screens Are Changing Reading (with Naomi Baron)

Curriculum, Coherence, and Change (with John White)

The Latest on Chronic Absenteeism (with Nat Malkus)

The Semiquincentennial Edition (with Yuval Levin)

Inside the Department of Education (with Kirsten Baesler)

What Harvard's New Grade Inflation Policy Gets Wrong (with Scott Duke Kominers)

A Rising Tide in Alabama (with Eric Mackey)

Education and the Second Trump Administration, 471 Days In

What Can AI Replace in Higher Education? (with Hollis Robbins)

Best Of: Eva Moskowitz on Success Academy

The Effects of Grade Inflation (with Jeff Denning)

Mathematical Flexibility and Teaching Middle School Math (with Jon Star)

Lee Bollinger on Universities and the Trump Administration

The Making of America’s Schools: From Revolution to Civil War (with Johann Neem)

Randi Weingarten on the Teaching Profession

Math Academy (with Jason Roberts and Justin Skycak)

2025 in Review

Should AI Be Used in Classrooms Today?