Comments for Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Andrew Cuomo’s Teacher Evaluation Overhaul Meets Diane Ravitch’s Maudlin Mind by John http://dropoutnation.net/2012/02/21/andrew-cuomos-teacher-evaluation-overhaul-versus-diane-ravitchs-increasingly-maudlin-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-75590 John Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:41:49 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8382#comment-75590 as you do with yours sir. That's my recap of your sophistry. as you do with yours sir. That’s my recap of your sophistry.

]]> Comment on Voices of the Dropout Nation: The Transformative Power of School Choice by Andrea Fuhrman http://dropoutnation.net/2012/02/07/voices-of-the-dropout-nation-the-transformative-power-of-school-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-75492 Andrea Fuhrman Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:53:08 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8260#comment-75492 The thinking of Milton Friedman is dangerous and misguide, evil wrong and destructive. Please read Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. The thinking of Milton Friedman is dangerous and misguide, evil wrong and destructive. Please read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

]]> Comment on The Dropout Nation Podcast: Rebuild American Public Education by The Importance of Mayoral Control: Frank Jackson Takes Action in Cleveland | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/02/05/the-dropout-nation-podcast-rebuild-american-public-education/comment-page-1/#comment-75482 The Importance of Mayoral Control: Frank Jackson Takes Action in Cleveland | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:31:28 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8228#comment-75482 [...] Yet second-term Mayor Frank Jackson may finally take some real action and essentially take steps towards l if he can get Ohio state officials to buy into his latest reform plan. As with everything when it comes to who gave Jackson’s plan a shout-out last night) will back it wholeheartedly But his plan still doesn’t go far enough in abandoning the obsolete and ineffective traditional district model. [...] [...] Yet second-term Mayor Frank Jackson may finally take some real action and essentially take steps towards l if he can get Ohio state officials to buy into his latest reform plan. As with everything when it comes to who gave Jackson’s plan a shout-out last night) will back it wholeheartedly But his plan still doesn’t go far enough in abandoning the obsolete and ineffective traditional district model. [...]

]]> Comment on The Importance of Mayoral Control: Frank Jackson Takes Action in Cleveland by John http://dropoutnation.net/2012/02/08/the-importance-of-mayoral-control-frank-jackson-takes-action-in-cleveland/comment-page-1/#comment-75479 John Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:25:48 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8265#comment-75479 Thanks for laugh of the day: "the one city in which mayoral control of schools has so far been an unabashed failure" Um, Chicago, New York, Rochester, Boston, Houston, Washington, D.C. somehow were "overlooked" Thanks for laugh of the day: “the one city in which mayoral control of schools has so far been an unabashed failure”

Um, Chicago, New York, Rochester, Boston, Houston, Washington, D.C. somehow were “overlooked”

]]> Comment on The Failure of Educators and School Leaders to Take Responsibility Must Stop by Martha Bireda http://dropoutnation.net/2012/02/04/the-failure-of-educators-and-school-leaders-to-take-responsibility-must-stop/comment-page-1/#comment-75387 Martha Bireda Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:40:08 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8175#comment-75387 Mr. Biddle, I am in total agreement. I think that you will find both my website, www.sociallyresponsivepedagogy.com, and my book, "Schooling Poor Minority Children: New Segregation in the Post- Brown Era" of interest. M. Bireda Mr. Biddle, I am in total agreement. I think that you will find both my website, http://www.sociallyresponsivepedagogy.com, and my book, “Schooling Poor Minority Children: New Segregation in the Post-
Brown Era” of interest.
M. Bireda

]]> Comment on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality Education by The False Debate Over School Choice and Equality Must End | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/01/29/the-dropout-nation-podcast-the-economic-power-of-high-quality-education/comment-page-1/#comment-75197 The False Debate Over School Choice and Equality Must End | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:13:56 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8120#comment-75197 [...] that almost everyone is worthless.” John Taylor Gatto The Dropout Nation PodcastThe Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality EducationOn this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address [...] [...] that almost everyone is worthless.” John Taylor Gatto The Dropout Nation PodcastThe Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality EducationOn this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address [...]

]]> Comment on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Economic Power of High-Quality Education by Best of Dropout Nation: You Can’t Fight Poverty If the Kids Can’t Read | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/01/29/the-dropout-nation-podcast-the-economic-power-of-high-quality-education/comment-page-1/#comment-75142 Best of Dropout Nation: You Can’t Fight Poverty If the Kids Can’t Read | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:09:57 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8120#comment-75142 [...] education for all children is the best long-term solution for poverty. As this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast points out, this is especially true in an age in which what you know trumps what you can do with your hands. [...] [...] education for all children is the best long-term solution for poverty. As this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast points out, this is especially true in an age in which what you know trumps what you can do with your hands. [...]

]]> Comment on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of No Child Left Behind by Mike Petrilli Swings and Misses Against Accountability Advocates | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/01/22/the-dropout-nation-podcast-the-importance-of-no-child-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-75015 Mike Petrilli Swings and Misses Against Accountability Advocates | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:10:57 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8004#comment-75015 [...] for a tad too much flexibility. And yet, even amid all this, as I pointed out in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, the law spurred reforms that have helped lead to at least 217,432 fewer fourth-graders being [...] [...] for a tad too much flexibility. And yet, even amid all this, as I pointed out in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, the law spurred reforms that have helped lead to at least 217,432 fewer fourth-graders being [...]

]]> Comment on The Time is Now for Families to Take Power in Education by The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/01/17/the-time-is-now-for-families-to-take-power-in-education/comment-page-1/#comment-74919 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:38:53 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=7916#comment-74919 [...] president also had an amazing opportunity to advocate for the rightful role of parents as lead decision-makers in education — and failed on that front. His unwillingness to embrace vouchers is particularly galling [...] [...] president also had an amazing opportunity to advocate for the rightful role of parents as lead decision-makers in education — and failed on that front. His unwillingness to embrace vouchers is particularly galling [...]

]]> Comment on The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Importance of No Child Left Behind by The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/2012/01/22/the-dropout-nation-podcast-the-importance-of-no-child-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-74918 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's State of the Union Address | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:49 +0000 http://dropoutnation.net/?p=8004#comment-74918 [...] Obama and Duncan are sabotaging the administration’s own reform efforts, and in the process, as I pointed out in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, the slow but amazing progress that has been made in stemming the education crisis since the [...] [...] Obama and Duncan are sabotaging the administration’s own reform efforts, and in the process, as I pointed out in this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, the slow but amazing progress that has been made in stemming the education crisis since the [...]

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