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The Dropout Nation Podcast
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Five Summer Questions Every Parent Should AskOn this Memorial Day weekend edition of the Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle offers five key questions families should ask in order to help their kids stay on the path to success in school and in life. From asking a teacher for specifics on what their child should work on during the summer, to asking […]
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Be Fire Walkers for Our ChildrenOn this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle calls out talk of “reform fatigue”, declaring that we must embrace the fire of the challenges to systemic reform, and stay energized to help all of our children get the high-quality education they need and deserve. Reformers must walk through the fire of opposition to systemic reform […]
- Best of the Dropout Nation Podcast: Time to Reveal Good and Bad TeachersAs Dropout Nation’s writers enjoys Spring Fever, listen to this Dropout Nation Podcast from November 2011 in which Editor RiShawn Biddle challenges the view of the Los Angeles Unified School District, teachers’ unions, and school reformers who oppose revealing the names — and performance — of high-quality and laggard teachers. Presenting good-to-great teache […]