# The Learning Curve: Johns Hopkins’ Dr. David Steiner on Academic Quality, School Choice, & Accountability

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Published: 2026-07-08T15:42:02+00:00
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## Resource

In this week’s episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts Center for Strong Public Schools’ Alisha Searcy and Dr. Helen Baxendale of Great Hearts Academies interview Dr. David Steiner, Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and former New York State Commissioner of Education. Dr. Steiner discusses the importance of an academic content-rich, liberal arts […]

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