{"podcast":{"title":"The Education Exchange","slug":"the-education-exchange-1123475","podcast_index_feed_id":1123475,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:318156620/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://educationnext.org/","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-o5jeM11dU5M1yDcO-cRM0pQ-original.jpg","author":"Paul E. Peterson","episode_count":457,"summary":"A weekly podcast highlighting education policy ne…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:17:33.788811+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 424 - Dec. 22, 2025 - Arkansas Offers a Look Under the Hood of its ESA Program","slug":"ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program","published_at":"2025-12-22T10:00:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475/ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475","url":"https://soundcloud.com/education-exchange-paul-peterson/ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2231998064-education-exchange-paul-peterson-ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program.mp3","summary":"Daion L. Daniels, Director of Research for the Indiana Department of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program, which documents how many students took advantage of the Arkansas choice program, and its results in student achievement. The 2024-25 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report, co-written with Alison Heape Johnson, Joshua B. McGee, and Patrick J. Wolf, is available now. https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2024-25_Arkansas_Education_Freedom_Accounts_Program_Annual_Report_100125_OSCPE.pdf","meta_description":"Daion L. Daniels, Director of Research for the Indiana Department of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1686,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-education-exchange-1123475/episodes/ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-education-exchange-1123475/ep-424-dec-22-2025-arkansas-offers-a-look-under-the-hood-of-its-esa-program.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}