Video Education: Every 26 Seconds
One dropout at a time.
This video, by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), highlights the importance of keeping every child in school until high school graduation.
The Dropout Nation Podcast
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rebuild American Public EducationOn 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 EducationOn 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 BehindOn 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 […]