Just because schools are shutting down for summer doesn’t mean families can’t expand their role as consumers — and kings — in education decision-making. Check out the first-ever Dropout Nation Podcast from this past December, which focused on how Race to the Top affects the role parents must play in the new education paradigm and what school reformers must do to accommodate the interests of parents in their policymaking efforts. Then read Phillip Jackson’s Three Questions on the role black families must play in school reform). Afterward, play your part in parent power.
You can listen to the podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, iPhone, MP3 player or BlackBerry. Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley, the Education Podcast Network and Zune Marketplace.
And this Sunday, listen to the next Dropout Nation Podcast — Building Ties Between Teachers and Students: The Hidden Potential of Technology in Education.
