The Dropout Nation Podcast http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast Dropout Nation focuses on the reform of American public education, the consequences of the nation's high school dropout crisis, the advocates and politicians behind the debates, and how school innovations can improve the lives and economic destinies of children of every race and economic class. The show is hosted by RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation and contributor to The American Spectator. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=The Dropout Nation Podcast Dropout Nation focuses on the reform of American public education, the consequences of the nation's high school dropout crisis, the advocates and politicians behind the debates, and how school innovations can improve the lives and economic destinies of children of every race and economic class. The show is hosted by RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation and contributor to The American Spectator. RiShawn Biddle no RiShawn Biddle rbiddle@rishawnbiddle.org rbiddle@rishawnbiddle.org (RiShawn Biddle) Copyright 2009-2014 by RiShawn Biddle and RiShawn Biddle Communications All rights reserved. The Dropout Nation Podcast education. K-12, high school dropouts, graduation rates, charter schools, school choice, accountability, school reform, AFT, NEA, teachers unions The Dropout Nation Podcast » 2010 » July » 28 http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dropoutnation_feed_cover_2012.png http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast Alexandria, VA Weekly Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Why Civil Rights Activists Should Embrace School Reform http://dropoutnation.net/2010/07/28/rewind-dropout-nation-podcast-civil-rights-activists-embrace-school-reform/ http://dropoutnation.net/2010/07/28/rewind-dropout-nation-podcast-civil-rights-activists-embrace-school-reform/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:07:45 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/?p=2343
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With  old-school civil rights groups complaining about President Barack Obama’s embrace of the school reform movement — and its commitment to improving the quality of education for all children — listen to this Dropout Nation Podcast from February on why their approach to educational equity doesn’t work. The only way educational equity will actually be achieved for every child is by addressing how public education is structured — including giving parents their proper place as kings at the education decision-making table, and improving the quality of curricula in every school. Not only does this commentary apply to these groups, but to fellow-travelers such as the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and New Jersey’s Education Law Center.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, Zune, MP3 player or smartphone.  Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley, the Education Podcast Network,  Zune Marketplace and PodBean. Also, add the podcast on Viigo, if you have a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android phone.

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