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“We need to start from the cold-blooded premise that almost everyone is a genius…not that almost everyone is worthless.”

The Dropout Nation Podcast

• The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rebuild American Public Education
  On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, Editor RiShawn Biddle takes a look at recent conversations about the traditional school district and why we need to abandon the old-school approach and embrace the Hollywood Model of Education. The very assumptions — including benefits of scale — at the heart of district bureaucracies hinders much-needed efforts to [... […]
• The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality Education
  On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address provides an opportunity to fully understand how high-quality education transforms lives and communities — especially in an economic time in which every white- and blue-collar job is one dependent on strong reading, math, and science skills. You can listen to the […]
• The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of No Child Left Behind
  On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I analyze the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act’s one decade after it became law. Contrary to what education traditionalists and others may declare, the law has spur the first steps at systemic reform that have helped keep more children on the path to economic and social […]

RiShawn Biddle in The American Spectator

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This is Dropout Nation

Recent Posts

• The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rebuild American Public Education
• The Failure of Educators and School Leaders to Take Responsibility Must Stop
• Three Positions the GOP Nominee Should Take on School Reform
• The False Debate Over School Choice and Equal Opportunity Must End
• Best of Dropout Nation: You Can’t Fight Poverty If the Kids Can’t Read

Recent Comments

• The False Debate Over School Choice and Equality Must End | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality Education
• Best of Dropout Nation: You Can’t Fight Poverty If the Kids Can’t Read | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality Education
• Mike Petrilli Swings and Misses Against Accountability Advocates | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of No Child Left Behind
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on The Time is Now for Families to Take Power in Education
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of No Child Left Behind