Benjamin Todd Jealous
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous lays out his goals for the more than century-old civil rights organization at its annual convention Monday, July 9, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
The Dropout Nation Podcast
- 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 […]
- The Dropout Nation Podcast: Abandon Busted Teachers’ PensionsOn this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle looks the nation’s insolvent defined-benefit pensions at the heart of traditional teacher compensation, and reveals the extent to which they are underfunded. Reformers must end the actuarial tricks — often encouraged for decades by states, districts and affiliates of the National Education Association and […]
- Best of the Dropout Nation Podcast: Say It Loud, Say It ProudWhile Dropout Nation‘s editors and contributors recover from various travel this past weekend, listen to this rebroadcast of a Dropout Nation Podcast from December 2011 in which Editor RiShawn Biddle discusses the importance of embracing the legendary James Brown’s Black Power mantra in advancing school reform. It is critical to strongly challenge the thinki […]