On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I discuss the importance of embracing the legendary James Brown’s Black Power mantra in advancing school reform. It is critical to strongly challenge the thinking of education traditionalists such as Diane Ravitch and Randi Weingarten — and do so without apology.

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