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The Dropout Nation Podcast: Stronger Accountability, Stronger NCLB

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast I analyze Arne Duncan’s faltering gambit to force the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act and explain what issues he should address  in order to make the law even more powerful in spurring school reform. Tackling the nation’s education crisis among young men and subjecting ed schools to greater accountability are two of the needed changes to No Child that should be undertaken in order to further overhaul American public education.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, Zune, MP3 player, smartphone, Nook Color or Kindle.  Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, the Education Podcast Network,  Zune Marketplace and PodBean. Also download to your phone with BlackBerry podcast software and Google Reader.

 

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  1. By Three Thoughts on Education This Week: Arne’s Swooning Waivers | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on July 1, 2011 at 9:48 am

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  2. By Voices of the Dropout Nation: Sandy Kress Defends the Value of No Child | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on July 5, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    [...] accountability foe Bill Evers (of the anti-Common Core manifesto) offers an explanation for why more accountability is needed to spur pressure for school [...]

  3. By Two Thoughts on Education This Week: Democrats Wag the NEA Dog | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on July 6, 2011 at 1:25 pm

    [...] isn’t to say that No Child is perfect (last week’s Dropout Nation Podcast made that clear). Nor am I saying that a strong federal role in education is a wonderful thing. As [...]