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| Caroline Hoxby</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/t4aT3AkFIIc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/t4aT3AkFIIc/</guid><description>Explores how admissions and student lending can widen college access and fairness.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Real Trade-Offs in Education Policy | Caroline Hoxby</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/uZpRieWIZ2M/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/uZpRieWIZ2M/</guid><description>A rigorous discussion of education-policy trade-offs and their effects on incentives and governance.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Economics of Better Teacher Pay | Caroline Hoxby</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/vOy1Jh2YKQI/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/vOy1Jh2YKQI/</guid><description>Shows how differentiated teacher pay can better match teacher quality with student outcomes using evidence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Econ To Go | Financial Literacy: Get ahead or fall behind</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ovAX__2mDrQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ovAX__2mDrQ/</guid><description>Explores how financial knowledge and behavioral factors drive very different household outcomes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Classrooms as Workplaces: How Student Composition Affects Teacher Health | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/leider7fVOk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/leider7fVOk/</guid><description>Shows how student disadvantage raises teacher stress sickness absence using Swedish register data.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>AI in Education and the Workplace: A Case for Optimism with Tyler Cowen</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/TxZBKdesoFY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/TxZBKdesoFY/</guid><description>A pro-AI discussion on how universities and workers should adapt, including cheating and learning design.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>America’s Mid-Life Mortality Gap</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/O_zuWquv39I/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/O_zuWquv39I/</guid><description>Explains how smoking and education-linked risks drive diverging mortality in the US.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Inframarginal Returns to College | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/nDeOKQmBKZU/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/nDeOKQmBKZU/</guid><description>Seminar modeling infra-marginal college returns with rich heterogeneity and occupational differences.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/_JGg0oRh_Qo/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/_JGg0oRh_Qo/</guid><description>Sowell applies evidence-based economics to school choice, arguing ideology harms students and outcomes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Twenty Million Left Behind: Nigeria’s Broken Education Policies | Hoover History Lab | Gift Iyioku</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/aZu_TMUyAzQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/aZu_TMUyAzQ/</guid><description>Explains how Nigeria’s education policy failures undermine human capital and long-run development.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>173. Steve Levitt Says Goodbye to People I (Mostly) Admire | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/jUbV7rQDFJE/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/jUbV7rQDFJE/</guid><description>Levitt and Dubner reflect on education reform and the evidence behind practical economic insights.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/JIFdeXPB1Pg/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/JIFdeXPB1Pg/</guid><description>A cross-disciplinary discussion on how children learn, framed by AI and the nature-nurture debate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>172. A New Kind of University | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/KWnWcxw6AZk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/KWnWcxw6AZk/</guid><description>An informed discussion on how universities should change to drive innovation and better outcomes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>America’s Class Struggle: Eric Hanushek on Learning Declines and Hope for Revitalizing Education</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/oXZ19z7Cup0/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/oXZ19z7Cup0/</guid><description>A data-focused look at why US learning fell before COVID and what could revive K-12 education.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Demographic Impacts + Family Dynamics | Remote Work | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/_HTh9x83LY0/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/_HTh9x83LY0/</guid><description>Remote work’s effects on families, education inequality, and city structure using recent empirical research.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Test Score Gaps and Time Use | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/4nKhARR1ha8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/4nKhARR1ha8/</guid><description>Links education gaps to time use, offering data-driven perspective on persistent inequality.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Some Highly Educated Women Choose to Have Many Children</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/3QSqpjV6pkQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/3QSqpjV6pkQ/</guid><description>Explores how education and life choices interact to shape fertility and family outcomes in the US.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>School Absenteeism: Missed Days &amp; Missed Opportunities | Intellections</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/bw56ZqSvBxc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/bw56ZqSvBxc/</guid><description>Explains why chronic absenteeism is rising and how it harms long-run human capital.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Education At A Glance | The State of Education Worldwide | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/UqEKgdlZel8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/UqEKgdlZel8/</guid><description>Highlights international evidence on education systems’ structure, funding, and performance.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Arne Duncan Says All Kids Deserve a Chance — and Criminals Deserve a Second One (Update) |...</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/PCiQBnrcDg8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/PCiQBnrcDg8/</guid><description>Insightful discussion of education accountability and incentives, with a focus on Chicago schools and reform priorities.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Immigrant Effect in US Schools | Policy Stories with Paola Sapienza</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/emDwm9DT9Wk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/emDwm9DT9Wk/</guid><description>Examines how immigrant students affect test scores, challenging common assumptions with data and policy implications.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>160. How to Help Kids Succeed | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/JYdRojtsae4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/JYdRojtsae4/</guid><description>Explains evidence-based ways to motivate students and help them handle stress effectively.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Hartney on the Federal Role in Education, Outcomes v. Totems, and Union Clout</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/kGNBgcIIG-4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/kGNBgcIIG-4/</guid><description>Explores federal vs state control in education and how unions and pandemic effects shape outcomes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars (Update) | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/atRNJcwPoEE/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/atRNJcwPoEE/</guid><description>Explores how prison libraries and literature can support rehabilitation and human development.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What We Know About Teachers and School Choice featuring Paul E. Peterson - Part 2/2</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/NwElS44P5BU/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/NwElS44P5BU/</guid><description>Explores teacher compensation incentives and charter-school evidence in the ongoing school choice debate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Immigrant Students in American Classrooms | Economics, Applied</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/H65EV-cRqJk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/H65EV-cRqJk/</guid><description>Examines whether immigrant children improve classrooms through behavioral and social spillovers, with evidence-focused policy discussion.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What We Know About Our Schools and Achievement featuring Paul E. Peterson - Part 1/2</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/JuARN9Syg3s/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/JuARN9Syg3s/</guid><description>Examines whether U.S. schools are improving and what test scores imply for future reforms.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Immigration and the Education of US-Born Children | Economics, Applied</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/DrbQIRdyFIY/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/DrbQIRdyFIY/</guid><description>Uses Florida school data to estimate how immigrant classmates affect US-born students’ performance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hoover Institution Education Summit: The Education Futures Council Report</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/jChYWDFLyV4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/jChYWDFLyV4/</guid><description>Policy discussion on flipping K-12 education toward measurable student results and incentive-based governance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hoover Institution Education Summit: The Road to the Present: The Nation’s School Reform Journey</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Or0c930eC34/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Or0c930eC34/</guid><description>Discusses evidence from U.S. school reform since A Nation at Risk and what it means for future policy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hoover Institution Education Summit: The Road to the Present: The Nation’s School Reform Journey</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Or0c930eC34/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Or0c930eC34/</guid><description>Discusses evidence from U.S. school reform since A Nation at Risk and what it means for future policy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>149. Stanford’s President Knows He Can’t Make Everyone Happy | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/74S6Kis1VL4/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/74S6Kis1VL4/</guid><description>Interview on university leadership and incentives, with practical lessons from saving a major firm money.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Massachusetts Became the Richest State in the USA</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/TBAlPuwIlNM/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/TBAlPuwIlNM/</guid><description>Explains how education and innovation institutions helped Massachusetts achieve exceptional productivity and prosperity.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>143. Why Are Boys and Men in Trouble? | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/_27HKV8_Wnc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/_27HKV8_Wnc/</guid><description>Explores why boys are falling behind and discusses evidence-based interventions without harming girls.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>134. Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate? | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/uA19b1oJsw0/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/uA19b1oJsw0/</guid><description>Explores why education lags behind technology, using math teaching as the test case.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>188. Why Do Kids Today Get So Many A’s? | No Stupid Questions</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/PjuPrqr5g5s/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/PjuPrqr5g5s/</guid><description>Explains whether grade inflation and GPA signaling matter for long-run outcomes and inequality.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Connections the Way to Get Ahead? Social Capital, Student Achievement, Friendships, and Mobility</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/ZgDVw0vaVtc/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/ZgDVw0vaVtc/</guid><description>Examines whether social connections drive student outcomes and mobility using education-policy evidence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The High Cost of Low Skills: Why Unskilled Workers are Punished in the United States Ch.1 | HISPBC</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/pUwTn3fxxB8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/pUwTn3fxxB8/</guid><description>Explains how skill-biased labor markets and education gaps shape wages, inequality, and opportunity.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Education Interrupted: Temporary Learning Losses, Lifetime Earnings Losses  Ch.2 | HISPBC</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/Qt07C_LTsjI/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/Qt07C_LTsjI/</guid><description>Explains how pandemic school closures harm skills and earnings, especially for disadvantaged students.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>178. Do Kids Need More Independence? | No Stupid Questions</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/V79Y8dj-3uk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/V79Y8dj-3uk/</guid><description>Explores how parents’ risk worries shape children’s independence using research-backed, practical perspectives.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>174. What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing? | No Stupid Questions</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/05jQNzq9sZ8/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/05jQNzq9sZ8/</guid><description>Explores whether IQ tests measure opportunity fairly and how education can use psychology responsibly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>119. Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed? | People I (Mostly) Admire</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/40XcXV9G4wA/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/40XcXV9G4wA/</guid><description>A sharp discussion of why higher ed struggles and which reforms could actually work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Effect of Postsecondary Institutions on Local Economies: A Bird’s-Eye View | Hoover Institution</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/f01JZywRcQk/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/f01JZywRcQk/</guid><description>Examines how colleges and universities reshape nearby employment and income using empirical evidence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>A Bronx Tale: Ian Rowe on the Fight for Charter Schools | GoodFellows</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/bgw-sDiZkTE/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/bgw-sDiZkTE/</guid><description>Charter-school debate linking education choices to long-run opportunity, plus a quick macro outlook segment.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Exceptional Results of Sensible Teacher Salary Reforms</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/1jKkbWbG5fQ/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/1jKkbWbG5fQ/</guid><description>Research-driven case for teacher salary reforms to attract and retain top educators in staffing shortages.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Skills Wars Are the New Trade Wars</title><link>https://econtube.org/v/pynhu7kY480/</link><guid>https://econtube.org/v/pynhu7kY480/</guid><description>Connects international labor mobility and education incentives to modern “trade-war” style losses.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>