The Dropout Nation Podcast: Make It Easier to Improve Teacher Quality

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I discuss the reasons why improving the quality of America’s teaching corps is tantamount to improving student achievement and closing the achievement gap between blacks, Latinos and whites. Outliers such as the firing of 93 high school  teachers by the Central Falls, R.I., school district cover up the reality that teacher dismissals are rare and — thanks to state laws — often too costly to do.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, MP3 player or smartphone. Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley, the Education Podcast Network and Zune Marketplace.

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Dropout Nation on Twitter for Feb. 13

Keep up with up-to-the-minute happenings by subscribing to Dropout Nation’s Twtter feed. Here are some of yesterday’s tweets:

• RT @Eduflack: Bill would strip powers from local school councils http://bit.ly/cK33yY This suggests that perhaps Chicago should go all… #
• charter or fully consolidate mayoral control. #
• RT @oklahomanews: In OK, plan may expand #charterschools http://bit.ly/9pO5gg Mayors of Tulsa, OK City/indian tribes may get auth. #edreform #
• RT @bigswifty: To testing critics who criticize it on basis of some cheating http://nyti.ms/96HsJj Do we ban grades 2? http://bit.ly/9UbtXV #
• @bigswifty The answer to your question is “yes.” It’s not as if #FairTest care about rigor, standards or accountability. in reply to bigswifty #
• @KevinCarey focuses on Trinity Washington University and its mission of serving poor black/minority women on a modest budget #highered #
• U.S. News & World Report also gets a mention in Carey’s post. Just not a positive one. #
• RT @meristemstudio: RT @UrbanEducation: I invite ALL educators, parents to participate in #BlackEd on Thurs. @9pm. #edreform #

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