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The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Consumer Reports for Education

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle observes the Doe v. Deasy Parent Power lawsuit against L.A. Unified School District, and notes how it shines a light on the need for families to have high-quality data on teacher performance. Now that we know that the quality of education for kids can vary from classroom from classroom, we must take steps to provide parents with the comprehensive data on teacher performance they need to help their kids succeed and transform 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 Fire. Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Zune Marketplace and PodBean. Also download to your phone with BlackBerry podcast software, Google Reader, BeyondPod, DoggCatcher and other mobile software.

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  1. By Why Zip Code Education Policies Must Go: Connecticut Exemplifies the Shame of the Nation | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on June 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    [...] more-comprehensive data on school and teacher performance – a subject of this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast and something that some reform-minded governors such as Andrew Cuomo in New York are pushing [...]

  2. By The Opportunity for Reform: Why the Bureau of Indian Education Deserves Attention | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on June 19, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    [...] for Native families to help them make smart choices for their kids (a topic of this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast); the possibilities on the teacher quality front are just as great, with opportunities for TNTP and [...]

  3. By Why Does Special Ed Exist At All?: The Real Question That GAO (and All of Us) Should Be Asking | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on June 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    [...] Then there is the reality that many adults working in schools condemn children, especially those from poor and minority backgrounds, with low expectations. As Vanderbilt University Professor Daniel J. Reschly noted in his 2007testimony to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission that adults in schools have a tendency to confuse the statistical probability that certain ethnic and gender groups may end up being diagnosed with a learning disability with the ethnic composition with ethnic composition within a disability category; essentially they end up labeling certain groups of students as learning disabled because they think they are destined to end up that way. This amoral, immoral, and anti-intellectual thinking also explains why so many poor and minority kids are steered away from Advanced Placement classes and other strong, comprehensive college preparatory courses, as well as why families often can’t get the information they need to steer their kids to those options. (The last issue is the subject of this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast.) [...]

  4. By Best of Dropout Nation: A WikiLeaks for American Public Education? | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle on June 22, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    [...] Nation made clear in this week’s Podcast, families need comprehensive-yet-understandable data on how teachers are performing in classrooms [...]