Episode NotesGuest: Prof. Joshua Cowen  @joshcowenMSU on TwitterHeartland POD on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok - @TheHeartlandPOD #DirtRoadDemocrat Host: Jess Piper@piper4missouri on Twitter, and FacebookJOIN PATREON FOR MORE! Merch Shop“Change The Conversation”Produced by Adam Sommer. The "Dirt Road Democrat" is a Mid Map Media, LLC productionhttps://joshuacowen.academia.edu/Joshua Cowen is a Professor of Education Policy. He also was the founding director and co-director of the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) from 2016 to 2020. His current research focuses on teacher quality, student and teacher mobility, and evaluations of state and local education programs. His work has been published in multiple scholarly journals and policy briefs, has appeared in numerous national media outlets, and has been funded by a diverse array of philanthropies as well as state and federal grants. From 2015-2018, he served as co-editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, the flagship peer-reviewed education policy journal in the United States. He was previously Associate Editor of Education Finance and Policy, and remains on the editorial boards of both journals.