Olivia Chilkoti

Fellow

Olivia Chilkoti is a fellow with APM reports. She covers education on the Sold a Story podcast. Chilkoti has previously worked for NPR on their award winning podcasts Throughline and Code Switch, as well as the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago.

Stories

July 24, 2025

Success for All gets kids reading. Why don’t more schools use it?

The school reform program, first developed in the 1980s, has been declining in popularity for the past two decades — even though a mountain of research shows it gets great results, especially when it comes to elementary reading skills. Schools that have dropped the program cite logistical challenges, cost, administrative turnover and a perceived lack of flexibility.