The Dropout Nation Podcast http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast 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. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:17:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=The Dropout Nation Podcast 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 The Dropout Nation Podcast » Thomas B. Fordham Institute http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dropoutnation_feed_cover_2012.png http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast Alexandria, VA Weekly The Dropout Nation Podcast: Building Ties Between School Reformers and Grassroot Activists http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/14/the-dropout-nation-podcast-building-ties-between-school-reformers-grassroots-activists/ http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/14/the-dropout-nation-podcast-building-ties-between-school-reformers-grassroots-activists/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:51:41 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/?p=1356 Dropout Nation Podcast Cover

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I explain why school reformers need to reach out to grassroots activists. Inside-the-Beltway policymaking, important as it is, will mean nothing for improving the educational destinies of children if school reformers don’t reach out to urban groups such as the Black Star Project and activists working in suburban and rural communities.

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