On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Lindsey Burke, the director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, joins Mike and David to discuss what a second Trump term could mean for federal education policy. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study investigating the impacts of licensure and certification on CTE teacher retention.Recommended content:<ul><li>“If Trump returns…” —<a href='https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/if-trump-returns'>Chester E. Finn, Jr., Fordham Institute</a></li><li>“Department of Education” —<a href='https://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf#page=351'>Lindsey M. Burke, chapter in Mandate for leadership</a> </li><li>Hannah Kistler, Shaun Dougherty, and S. Colby Woods, “<a href='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X231223132'>Teacher exit and educational opportunity: Lessons from career and technical education</a>,” Educational Researcher (January 2024).</li></ul>Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Daniel Buck at <a href='mailto:dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org'>dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.

#906: Does teacher licensing matter?, with Chad Aldeman

For more than 15 years, the Fordham Institute has been hosting a weekly podcast, The Education Gadfly Show. Each week, you’ll get lively, entertaining discussions of recent education news, usually featuring Fordham’s Mike Petrilli and David Griffith. Then the wise Amber Northern will recap a recent research study. For questions or comments on the podcast, contact its producer, Pedro Enamorado, at penamorad@fordhaminstitute.org.