Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle » Dropout Nation on Twitter http://dropoutnation.net Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle » Dropout Nation on Twitter http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dropoutnation_feed_cover_2012.png http://dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-on-twitter/ Weekly Dropout Nation on Twitter for 2011-04-18 http://dropoutnation.net/2011/04/18/dropout-nation-on-twitter-for-2011-04-18/ http://dropoutnation.net/2011/04/18/dropout-nation-on-twitter-for-2011-04-18/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:03:00 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2011/04/18/dropout-nation-on-twitter-for-2011-04-18/
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Power of Value-Added http://bit.ly/eBq3V2 #edreform #eddata #ParentPower #ecosys #
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  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: #HowardFuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #SchoolChoice #edreform #TQReform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #ecosys #edgovernance #
  • RT @TercUsingData: RT @dropoutnation Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #usingdata #
  • RT @edreform: Proud 2 b helping beat the drum w/#charterschools leaders, battling a weak law in the #MD burbs – http://wapo.st/h6bBue #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Power of Value-Added http://bit.ly/eBq3V2 #edreform #eddata #ParentPower #LatinoEdu #K12 #LAUSD #
  • RT @theiriseproject: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: Howard Fuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Power of Value-Added http://bit.ly/eBq3V2 #edreform #eddata #ParentPower #edpolicy #teachers #TQReform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: Howard Fuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #SchoolChoice #edreform #
  • RT @CoachBT44: RT @dropoutnation: At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: #HowardFuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #SchoolChoice #edreform #NEA #cb #

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  • RT @CoachBT44: At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #teachers #TQReform #edgap #
  • RT @1OregonMom: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #
  • RT @toughLoveforx: @DropoutNation http://ilnk.me/7ebf is the States content for the #eduKare meme cc: @be_pure @graingered @simbeckhampson #
  • RT @ChitownStu: @tfteacher “REAL educators” teach all children as if they are genius’ and not deficits regardless of their SES. #Blackedu #
  • RT @ChitownStu: “REAL educators” understand the problems of society but don’t teach their students to be victims, but rather victors #
  • RT @ChitownStu: @tfteacher “REAL educators” fight both societal AND structural inequalities while still teaching students how to succeed. #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #BlackEdu #
  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: Howard Fuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #edreform #SchoolChoice #NEA #
  • RT @bringingupboys: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #
  • @jgmac1106 Actually, I wasn’t even talking to TFT. A brick wall would be a better conversation partner #BlackEdu in reply to jgmac1106 #
  • @jgmac1106 And would be more intellectually stimulating to boot. in reply to jgmac1106 #
  • @jgmac1106 No problem. I was retweeting what @ChitownStu said, which I think is actually thoughtful. Since he was addressing TFT, I got into in reply to jgmac1106 #
  • @jgmac1106 the collateral damage category. But I don’t mind. I can take the heat. I’m in the kitchen all the time. in reply to jgmac1106 #
  • RT @ChitownStu: @tfteacher and by the way hypocrite, neither do you. Notice tweets said “EDUCATORS” not K-12 teachers. We’re ALL educators #
  • RT @jgmac1106: RT @dropoutnation: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #edgap #
  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: Howard Fuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #BlackEdu #SchoolChoice #Vouchers #
  • RT @giasoutpost: RT @dropoutnation: RT @jgmac1106: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #
  • At Dropout Nation: Two Thoughts on Education This Week: #HowardFuller Department http://bit.ly/gwGabS #edgap #SchoolChoice #Vouchers #

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  • At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #edgap #BlackEdu #ecosys #
  • RT @EducateEarly: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? | Dropout Nation http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edinnovation #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #educare #
  • RT @edubeatz: @educationweek: Blog: Biddle on Parents, Boys and Reading: http://bit.ly/eWxnPK The piece: http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #BlackEdu #
  • At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #LatinoEdu #K12 #TQReform #
  • RT @tonnet: At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #
  • RT @KP421: RT @edubeatz: @educationweek: Blog: Biddle on Parents, Boys and Reading: http://bit.ly/eWxnPK The piece: http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #
  • RT @SQESocQualEd: Danger or Opportunity? reinventing schools at School for Thought http://bit.ly/hjfyfA #edreform #TurnaroundSchools #
  • RT @AdrieDaniel: At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #TQReform #
  • RT @AdrieDaniel @KP421 @educationweek: Blog: Biddle on Parents, Boys and Reading: http://bit.ly/eWxnPK The piece: http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #
  • RT @AdrieDaniel At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #educare #edgap #CulturesOfGenius #
  • RT @ChrisTessone: Don't miss Mark Lerner on Vince Gray voucher opposition: http://xrl.us/bjpidu #edreform #SchoolChoice #ParentPower #
  • RT @PIEnetwork: Great video on absurdity of LIFO via @edvoters http://bit.ly/hIYGNc #endlLIFO #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #TQReform #edgap #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #CultureOfGenius #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edtech #edinnovation #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #sped #BlackEdu #
  • RT @jgvanides: The Jim Vanides Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cxldiC ? Top stories today via @bruceatecs @dropoutnation #edreform #
  • RT @Dr_EricWaters: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #sped #
  • RT @AdrieDaniel: At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #TQReform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: To Charles Epps and His Ilk: Stop Wishing Ill Upon Our Kids http://bit.ly/gaonC5 #edreform #TQReform #UrbanEdu #

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  • At Dropout Nation: Voices of the Dropout Nation in Quotes: Ending the Insanity http://bit.ly/eF5ho0 #edreform #JoelKlein #TomLuce #edgap #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #TQReform #edgap #
  • At Dropout Nation: Voices of the Dropout Nation in Quotes: Ending the Insanity http://bit.ly/eF5ho0 #edreform #JoelKlein #TomLuce #StreetLaw #
  • RT @Dr_EricWaters: @SpelmanCollege will host a discussion with @StudentsFirstHQ CEO @m_rhee today. #Atlanta #edreform #education #BlackEdu #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #ParentPower #edinnovation #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #TQReform #BlackEdu #
  • @ChitownStu I see our friend has opened his mouth again, offering little except noise. in reply to ChitownStu #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #edinnovation #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #ecosys #
  • RT @HILearningRsrce @dropoutnation: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edinnovation #
  • RT @Dyrnwyn: Watching Dr. Epps roll out a bunch of kids to deflect his, um, comments of last night. Kinda obvious, and not so good. #
  • @Dyrnwyn Of course, Dr. Epps has a record he can't really defend either: http://bit.ly/ezA0uO #edreform #SchoolFinance in reply to Dyrnwyn #
  • @Dyrnwyn Although Bruce Baker will certainly try to do so. in reply to Dyrnwyn #
  • RT @philipaklein: For all his talk, Obama's proven he'll only work with Republicans when absolutely forced to http://bit.ly/dYPJ3l #
  • At Redefinedonline.org, an analysis of why Howard Fuller isn #
  • At Redefinedonline.org analysis of why Howard Fuller isn't so hot about WI plan to expand vouchers to higher-$ families http://bit.ly/flrcxO #
  • #ChrisChristie pushes on tenure reform http://bit.ly/h5FF1g #edreform #TQReform #
  • RT @MLThomsen: At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #schoolleadership #
  • RT @educationweek: Blog: Biddle on Parents, Boys and Reading: http://bit.ly/eWxnPK The piece: http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #BlackEdu #
  • RT @edReformer: RT @EDUBEAT: #EdReform bill passes state Senate: SPRINGFIELD, sprawlingreform package http://bit.ly/hOaIDz #edpolicy #
  • RT @edubeatz @dropoutnation @educationweek: Blog: Biddle on Parents, Boys and Reading: http://bit.ly/eWxnPK The Piece: http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #
  • RT @AndresHenriquez: 146 years ago, on April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot. Here's his 2nd inaugural address: http://bit.ly/hM4yxY #
  • At Dropout Nation: Where Are the Gustave Eiffels of School Reform? http://bit.ly/gSPkWx #edreform #edleadership #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #
  • RT @harvinmoore @mathew_nathan @e_mellon: HISD board voted 7-2 to revamp system for evaluating teachers, more weight on student test data #
  • RT @HILearningRsrce @dropoutnation: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #ParentPower #edreform #

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  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edchat #sped #ParentPower (cc: @Parentella) #
  • RT @eduphilia: RT @dropoutnation Giving Parents Power: 6 Steps to Learn What #Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #
  • The need to think very differently (about how we run education) is more important than ever. — Joel Klein at the #ICWSTEM event. #edreform #
  • Klein: notes edspending increased by more than 200% btwn 1970 and 2006, yet math and reading scores have largely been flat #edreform #
  • Klein: "If we continue to think lower class sizes will redeem us, we will get the same results." #edreform #ICWSTEM #
  • "In an age in which technology is revolutionizing other sectors, education remains doing the same thing that hasn't … http://tmi.me/8Ob0S #
  • "If you don't build it on data, the system will fail." Klein on using data in education. #
  • Klein: "We made a bet that if we increase staffing per student by 40 percent, then we would get better results. We lost that bet." #edreform #
  • "The reason our kids aren't doing well in the upper grades b/c our kids don't understand complex text. If they don't, we will fail." Klein #
  • Hess: argues that the business community has been too accomodating and nice when it comes to #edreform #
  • Hess: the question is how to rethink education in the 21st century instead of simply revamping the Horace Mann 19THCENTURY MODEL #
  • Hess: Argues that while pay scales are obsolete, performance pay must be used as tools for rewarding excellence. The key is to pay smart #
  • Hess: "teacher licensure…is horribly sited forwhat we are trying to do today" #edreform #
  • Hess: The goal of #edtech should be to provide education more smmartly. For example, Citizen Schools hooks up #STEM professionals, schools #
  • Anotheridea, mentioned by Andrew Kelly of AEI, is to have #STEM firms to train teachers in science and math. #edreform #
  • Hess argues for one percent solutions that allow for improvements in schools instead of whole school reforms. #
  • Anotherr is breaking aspects of teaching into speciaties. Oneexzmple is what happens at the MATCH school in Boston. #edreform #
  • Less than 1 percent of ed spending is devoted to R&D. Hess notes that that this b/c of discomfort w/private sector involvement. #
  • The other problem is the low quality of education research. Kelly notes just one of IES' centers is focused on researching higher ed. #
  • Hess: K-12 is caught up in a "state of comnity" which school leaders tend to be unwilling to actually think flexibly about operations. #
  • Rosen of Change the Equation: members spend $500 m on #STEM #edreform #
  • Cahill of Carnegie Corp: far too many people think there is a competition btwn #STEM #edreform and humanities when it isn't so. #
  • Cahill: Statistics is one of the most important subjects for 21st century jobs, but K12 teachers aren't aware of this #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #educare #ParentPower #edgap #
  • Rosen: Notes that many companies think about their giving locally. This is an opportunity for grassroots #edreformer activists. #
  • Giving Parents Power: 6 Steps to Learn What Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #edreform #edgap #
  • RT @tvanderark: 24 pt rebuttal of a really dumb op-ed suggesting we keep K-12 kids away from #OnlineLearning http://bit.ly/dOnFr3 #edreform #
  • Rosen/Change the Equation Businesses advocate in formal #K12 space, but frustrated w/ed space, so they tend to focus $ on informal #edreform #
  • One issue: Individual teachers may develop innovative curricula/instruction, but efforts aren't scaled or teachers don't try to scale it #
  • Cahill notes that A Better Lesson attempts some of these scale-ups. #
  • Cahill also notes that people need to show parents what #STEM looks like and why they should care about #edreform in that arena. #
  • Michael Latch of USDOE: The key is to build relationships btwn kids, families and #STEM professionals coming into classes #edreform #
  • Tom Luce: We must chaange the culture or innumeracy and #STEM illiteracy in America. #edreform #
  • "We don't need more pilot programs. We've started enough pilot programs. But we still don't have central heating" in #K12 Luce #
  • Luce notes that the focus on 17 to 21 existing programs thatcan be scaled up. #edreform #
  • A school in which black students pass one AP course, will see gra rates for black students increase from 50% to 60%. #
  • Luce argues that schools should have open enrollment into AP programs #
  • "If a school asks businesses for anything, it's usually for more money for something that exists that doesn't work" Tom Luce #edreform #
  • Luce notes that NMSI is looking to scale its AP program from 10 states to all 50. Pentagon is helping to fund the initiative in schools #
  • RT @matthewktabor "Following @dianeravitch on Twitter is sort of like giving a six-year-old a kazoo on a long car trip" http://bit.ly/hTAR9a #
  • Off-edu RT @josephlawler: Post: "A Waste of Breath" http://bit.ly/gRA3I1 #
  • RT @andrew_zolli: "The larger the problem you are trying to solve, the more likely the solution is to be ambiguous" Jeff Raikes Gates Fdn #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edchat #sped #ParentPower #edreform #TQReform #edgap #
  • @chris__maher I'll get it from thr folks at NNMS later this evening. in reply to chris__maher #
  • RT @matthewktabor: The real joke? Status quo rhetoric and second-rate rabble rousing. http://bit.ly/i7fwi5 @DropoutNation #edreform #
  • RT @jgvanides: The Jim Vanides Daily is out! http://bit.ly/fxcYMu ? Top stories today via @dropoutnation #edreform #
  • RT @BE_PURE: We have to upgrade our children's lives. Literacy, math, science, geopraphy…and also beauty, order, details. #ParentPower #

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  • Giving Parents Power: Six Steps to Learn What Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #edreform #ParentPower #literacy #
  • RT @BrainTrack: Voices of the Dropout Nation: Dean Kalaher on the New One-Room Schoolhouse http://bit.ly/gHJ2kA #edreform #teachers #K12 #
  • RT @avery523: RT @NatAmRepublican: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #
  • Giving Parents Power: Six Steps to Learn What #Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #BoysCrisis #literacy #FamilyEngagment #
  • Giving Parents Power: Six Steps to Learn What #Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #BlackEdu #ParentPower #
  • RT @AntonioBuehler: Buried in piece (#VinceGray arrested, demands DC statehood) is mayor's opposition to #SchoolChoice http://bit.ly/gmCgRe #
  • @ChitownStu @Freelancer4Hire It may be almost everyone's goal, but it's mixed in w/other goals that run counter to it. #BlackEdu in reply to ChitownStu #
  • @ChitownStu @Freelancer4Hire If you are an NEA boss, many #edreform efforts run counter to the mission of the union itself. in reply to ChitownStu #
  • RT @SchoolChoiceNow: Teachers unions/#schoolchoice doesn't have to be at odds. How vouchers can actually benefit unions. http://ow.ly/4yxp9 #
  • At Dropout Nation: Giving Parents Power: Six Steps to Learn What #Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #
  • @ToughLoveforX When it comes to the #NEA it is, in the end, a union. It may be better for everyone else to ride the wave, but Baby Boomer in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • @ToughLoveforX members would disagree. They benefit most from status quo. And while they may be in the minority, they are a large, vocal one in reply to ToughLoveforX #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #BuildCulturesofGenius #edgap #
  • At Dropout Nation: Giving Parents Power: Six Steps to Learn What #Reading Instruction Should Do http://bit.ly/fhWOFe #literacy #ParentPower #
  • RT @MattBrouillette: RT @Heritage Pennsylvania Pushing for Educational Opportunity http://bit.ly/elqfSp #edreform #SchoolChoice #ParentPower #
  • RT @Dr_EricWaters RT @Heritage Pennsylvania Pushing for Educational Opportunity http://bit.ly/elqfSp #edreform #SchoolChoice #ParentPower #
  • RT @IllinoisStand: CPS parent welcomes idea of Performance Counts: http://bit.ly/i2hfCw #edreform #TQReform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #educare #ParentPower #
  • RT @BE_PURE: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #educare #ParentPower #
  • RT @BrainTrack: Voices of the Dropout Nation: Dean Kalaher on the New One-Room Schoolhouse http://bit.ly/gHJ2kA #edreform #teachers #K12 #

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  • The #NEA Strikes Back: By RiShawn Biddle http://bit.ly/ekTPJq #edreform #edpolicy #ScottWalker #TQReform (RT @colleensplace) #
  • RT @urban_teacher: RT @dropoutnation The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #sped #
  • The NEA Strikes Back (RiShawn Biddle on the #NEA #039;s mobilization against #edreform http://bit.ly/i8tdk7 (RT @AmSpec) #charterschools #CB #
  • RT @larryakey: RT @dropoutnation: The NEA Strikes Back (RiShawn Biddle on the #NEA #039;s mobilization against #edreform http://bit.ly/i8tdk7 #
  • Voices of the Dropout Nation: Dean Kalaher on the New One-Room Schoolhouse http://bit.ly/gHJ2kA #edreform #TQReform #K12 #ecosys #teachers #
  • RT @PIEnetwork: @Stand4Children CEO Jonah Edelman, on FOX Chi on IL #edreform leg that could be introduced this week http://bit.ly/gDwp33 #
  • RT @BE_PURE: Parent Power begins at the KITCHEN TABLE! #
  • RT @EducateEarly: Voices of the Dropout Nation: Dean Kalaher on the New One-Room Schoolhouse http://bit.ly/gHJ2kA #edreform #teachers #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: RT @larryakey: The #NEA Strikes Back (RiShawn Biddle on the #NEA #039;s mobilization against #edreform http://bit.ly/i8tdk7 #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #ecosys #educare #
  • RiShawn Biddle/Dropout Nation Letter: The NEA Strikes Back, Nurture the Genius of All Kids http://conta.cc/eAsrRJ #constantcontact #edreform #
  • RT @bridgettwagner: RT @StatePolicy: Public-sector comp has been matter of intense public debate in Mich: http://bit.ly/f3gR1g #edreform #
  • RT @PIEnetwork: Legislation to #endLIFO & launch #tenurereform introduced in Washington State … http://fb.me/LpVyBNlt #edreform #TQReform #
  • RT @yeverette: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #ecosys #educare #
  • RiShawn Biddle/Dropout Nation Letter:The #NEA Strikes Back, Nurture the Genius of All Kids http://conta.cc/eAsrRJ #constantcontact #edpolicy #
  • Voices of the Dropout Nation: Dean Kalaher on the New One-Room Schoolhouse http://bit.ly/gHJ2kA #edreform #teachers #K12 #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: Fla tchr Dean Kalaher offers his own model for school reform One Room School House http://ilnk.me/7d04 @dropoutnation #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #K12 #
  • RT @jgvanides: The Jim Vanides Daily is out! http://bit.ly/fxcYMu ? Top stories today via @dropoutnation @tappedinorg @tucksoon #edreform #
  • RT @ToughLoveforX: http://ilnk.me/7d04 < One Room SchoolHouse edu model. Thoughtful piece at @DropoutNation #edchat cc: @Be_pure #edreform #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #K12 #BlackEdu #
  • The #NEA Strikes Back (RiShawn Biddle on the union's mobilization against #edreform http://bit.ly/i8tdk7 #ScottWalker #DennisVanRoekel #CB #
  • RT @mattprewett: The #NEA Strikes Back (RiShawn Biddle on the union's mobilization against #edreform http://bit.ly/i8tdk7 #DennisVanRoekel #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #
  • RT @NatAmRepublican: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #

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  • RT @flashpoints48: Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? (RiShawn Biddle) http://bit.ly/he4cWP #edreform #
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  • RT @EDUBEAT: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #K12 #TQReform #
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  • RT @schoolroom: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/hQyb2M #edreform #BuildingCulturesofGenius #
  • RT @LaToniyaAJones: RT @dropoutnation: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #
  • Letters to Dropout Nation: Pedro Noguera Responds http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #
  • RT @TheEconomist: New York's mayor Bloomberg finally rectifies a major mistake in educational policy http://econ.st/gKRgtC #edreform #
  • RT @Dr_EricWaters: Third Grade Reading Level Linked To Likelihood Of Dropping Out http://huff.to/ihE3iC @dropoutnation #edreform #literacy #
  • RT @ChitownStu: @HappyTeacherLA … We need tech, we need innovation, we need better teaching and better schools. How? #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Nurture the Genius in All Kids http://bit.ly/fMeryS #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #

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  • At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #edgap #edreform #
  • RT @diggrbiii: Boehner got Democrats to vote for cuts they were calling "extreme" and "draconian" until last night: http://bit.ly/gDU2I1 #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #DIYSchools #
  • @chris__maher 1) It is as valid a news source as CNN, whatever you politics 2) Ds only wanted to cut $33 billion. They gave more than in reply to chris__maher #
  • @chris__maher they wanted. Facts are fact, no matter who cites them in reply to chris__maher #
  • RT @binghowell: At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #
  • Letters to Dropout Nation: Pedro Noguera Responds http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #edpolicy #ParentPower #BlackEdu #
  • RT @Dr_EricWaters Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 His response: http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #
  • RT @JoeGothard: RT @Dr_EricWaters Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bi… (cont) http://deck.ly/~4PZGm #
  • Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 His response: http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #edreform #edgap #
  • he Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #ParentPowe #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #ParentPower #
  • On unionizing charter school teachers: won't happen "until the unions overcome …“We Hate You, Come Join Us!” problem" http://bit.ly/gyySEe #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #ParentPower #FamilyEngagement #GrassRoots #
  • At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #edgap #edreform #
  • Letters to Dropout Nation: Pedro Noguera Responds http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #BlackEdu #
  • RT @D_Aarons: Letters to Dropout Nation: Pedro Noguera Responds http://bit.ly/hJ3r83 #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #K12 #
  • At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #edgap #

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  • @RikLev But Noguera, as usual, is wrong on this. Keeping kids in failing schools just to keep them there doesn't work. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Young men of color are already losing every day they spend in a dropout factory. Getting them into better schools is the best course in reply to RikLev #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #DIYSchools #ParentPower #
  • Voices of the Dropout Nation: Gwen Samuel on the Need for More-Welcoming Schools http://bit.ly/dMLgJf #familyengagement #schooldiscipline #
  • At Dropout Nation: Cathie Black is Gone (Or the Only Prediction Mike Petrilli Gets Right This Year) http://bit.ly/g3xNj6 #MichaelBloomberg #
  • @RikLev That is utter and complete nonsense. A failing school is such because it is failing to provide high-quality education to students in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev It is an indictment of low-quality teachers, abysmal administrators and cultures of failure that ruin the lives of students. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Arguing that calling a failing school such is labeling kids is absolutely thoughtless. There are clear differences. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Sorry, but here's the question for you: Would you keep your son in a failure factory or a dropout factory? in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev I wouldn't. And I hope you wouldn't either. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev And let's also be clear: School turnarounds don't work. Studies of turnarounds in Calif. show that only 10% of schools improve. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev And again, you have to call things what they are. A failing school is what it is. If half the kids don't graduate, the school is in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev failing. So is the district (which is responsible for controlling who actually teaches and runs the failing schools). in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Appeasing the egos of adults isn't helping kids. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev The kids already know instinctively that their school isn't worth the bricks in which it resides. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Again, please use some logic here. There is a difference btwn calling a school what it is and labeling kids. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Calling a dropout factory what it is doesn't hurt kids. It is calling things what they are. Adults in schools lying about what in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev the culture of mediocrity is doing to the futures of these children, especially young men who look like me in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev is doing them a disservice. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev And that's great. But most of the kids who attended your high school probably didn't graduate, or if they did, in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev didn't make it to such lofty levels. I can say that. I attended a dropout factory too. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Last I checked, the admissions folks at my college didn't hold it against me. Neither has anyone else. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev Actually, one would dare say to actually graduate from a dropout factory and succeed in life is a badge of honor or sorts. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev You made it in spite of the odds. And that's the problem. The odds shouldn't be stacked against so many young black men and women in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev from the moment of birth. The same is true for poor white kids and Latinos. And everyone. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev The motivation problem for kids starts long before they get to that school. They have suffered through at least 8 years of neglect. in reply to RikLev #
  • @John_Merrow Well, John, if Obama and the Dems passed a budget last year, they wouldn't be in this spot today. in reply to John_Merrow #
  • @John_Merrow That's the price of gamesmanship. You can't negotiate from a position of weakness. Obama should've just signed the latest deal in reply to John_Merrow #
  • @John_Merrow He should have done the responsible thing last year by getting a FY 2011 budget in place. #
  • @RikLev But again, that's romanticizing the situation. When half of students drop out, end up in poverty, prison, there's no roses-concrete in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev This is not the time for romance/comforting adults. The adults in schools (and in the districts and the ed schools) are the problems in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev There are some really high-quality teachers in those schools doing their best. But they are working alongside those aren't fit. in reply to RikLev #
  • @RikLev There are as many consequences to romanticizing what are clear and present dangers to the futures of children. in reply to RikLev #
  • @AndresHenriquez And once again, the #NAACP forgets we spend twice as much on education as on criminal justice. in reply to AndresHenriquez #
  • @AndresHenriquez We spend $228 billion on criminal justice badly, because we spend $562 billion on education abysmally. in reply to AndresHenriquez #
  • @MeredithMBell Thank you. in reply to MeredithMBell #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #
  • At Dropout Nation: Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #edreform #edgap #BoysCrisis #
  • RT @sgermeraad: RT @gmmb_edu: Wow. If you're proficient in reading in 3rd grade your chance of dropping out is 4%. … http://tmi.me/8CdwF #
  • RT @tvanderark: Pastorek will introduced new RSD supt John White at press conf today in NOLA. Great choice, White is a very talented guy #
  • RT @D_Aarons: RT @EdWeekSean: State estimates of school layoffs next year vary…but it's a grim picture. http://bit.ly/eP6RqW #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation: Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #edreform #BlackEdu #BoysCrisis #
  • The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #ParentPower #
  • RT @ChitownStu @Dr_Merck: Each one teach one. Son help son. That should be the bases for our community. #edreform #GrassRoots #ParentPower #
  • Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #edreform #LatinoEdu #BoysCrisis #BlackEdu #edgap #
  • RT @F2Lillinois The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #ParentPower #FamilyEngagement #
  • RT @CatalystChicago: NEA: Evansville, IN is new hotspot for union-mgmt collaboration. Contracts incl extra PD/longer year for some schools. #
  • Rausch did fine work on #eddiscipline RT @heycori #Indy mayor's charter schools chief leaves, joins Stand for Children http://t.co/3osqXhf #
  • RT @F2Lillinois: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #ParentPower #
  • RT @amyalkon: Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #edreform #LatinoEdu #BoysCrisis #
  • RT @thinkedgroup: At Dropout Nation: Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #
  • RT @WhoseU @educationweek Blog: Great Debate on Black Boys: RiShawn Biddle v. Pedro Noguera http://tl.gd/9o2hd0 Piece: http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #
  • RT @edubeatz: RT @F2Lillinois The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #GrassRoots #
  • RT @philipaklein: RT @jimantle: Congress may not be able to cut spending, but they sure are cutting into my drinking time. #
  • RT @ProfessaHutch: RT @edubeatz: RT @F2Lillinois The Dropout Nation Podcast: Build Up School Reform http://bit.ly/hVrNyR #edreform #
  • At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #BlackEdu #edgap #
  • At Dropout Nation Dear Pedro Noguera: Would You Keep Your Sons in Dropout Factories? http://bit.ly/hoY7G5 #BoysCrisis #edgap #
  • Voices of the Dropout Nation: Gwen Samuel on the Need for More-Welcoming Schools http://bit.ly/dMLgJf #edreform #
  • RT @harvinmoore: EdReform Daily News is out! http://bit.ly/f2lLgA #edreform #

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