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As you head into the weekend, listen in on this rebroadcast of this Dropout Nation Podcast on how to improve education for their children through a few simple questions. Even…

As you head into the weekend, listen in on this rebroadcast of this Dropout Nation Podcast on how to improve education for their children through a few simple questions. Even as school reform has provided new tools for parents, they still need ways to use them for the advantage of their children. Asking the right questions will give caring adults the ability to improve education for their child and for all children — and further sustain school reform.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, Zune, MP3 player or smartphone. Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley, the Education Podcast Network, Zune Marketplace and PodBean. Also, add the podcast on Viigo, if you have a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android phone.

Sunday’s Dropout Nation Podcast will focus on dealing with the reading challenges for our young men.

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Dropout Nation Podcast Rewind

Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Embracing a New Vision of Parents in Education

RiShawn Biddle

November 13, 2010 12:32 pm November 13, 2010

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As you get ready for tomorrow’s new Dropout Nation Podcast on black males and education, listen to this rebroadcast of September’s podcast on parent power and family engagement in education….

As you get ready for tomorrow’s new Dropout Nation Podcast on black males and education, listen to this rebroadcast of September’s podcast on parent power and family engagement in education. Despite all the statements about the importance of parental engagement in education, what actually happens in classrooms, among policymakers and in think tanks is runs counter to embracing parent power and the true role of parents as kings — and lead decision-makers — in education. This culture against parent power must end.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod, Zune, MP3 player or smartphone. Also, subscribe to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley, the Education Podcast Network, Zune Marketplace and PodBean. And the podcast on Viigo, if you have a BlackBerry, iPhone or Android phone.

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Dropout Nation Podcast Rewind

Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Save 150 Kids An Hour

RiShawn Biddle

November 6, 2010 5:02 pm November 6, 2010

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As one more reminder of why we must reform American public education, listen to this rebroadcast of the Dropout Nation Podcast. Far too many children are either dropping out or…

As one more reminder of why we must reform American public education, listen to this rebroadcast of the Dropout Nation Podcast. Far too many children are either dropping out or leaving school unprepared for life in the real world. The numbers may shock you — and hopefully, will spur you into action.

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Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Why Civil Rights Activists Should Embrace School Reform

RiShawn Biddle

July 28, 2010 12:07 am July 28, 2010

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Two kids attending the Bronx Charter School for Better Living

Photo courtesy of the New York Daily News

With old-school civil rights groups complaining about President Barack Obama’s embrace of the school reform movement — and its commitment to improving the quality of education for all children — listen to this Dropout Nation Podcast from February on why their approach to educational equity doesn’t work. The only way educational equity will actually be achieved for every child is by addressing how public education is structured — including giving parents their proper place as kings at the education decision-making table, and improving the quality of curricula in every school. Not only does this commentary apply to these groups, but to fellow-travelers such as the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and New Jersey’s Education Law Center.

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Rewind: The Dropout Nation Podcast: Building Long-Lasting Connections Between Teachers and Students

RiShawn Biddle

July 14, 2010 9:32 am July 14, 2010

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For those who read the New York Times report on the use of Facebook by students to praise their teachers — or Bijan Sabat’s own thoughts on the matter —…

Steven Evangelista with Eva Moskowitz. Photo courtesy of GothamSchools.org

For those who read the New York Times report on the use of Facebook by students to praise their teachers — or Bijan Sabat’s own thoughts on the matter — listen to this Dropout Nation Podcast on Harlem Link Charter School co-founder Steven Evangelista and how his rediscovery of one of his former students — and where the kid landed — is forcing him to look at one of the biggest challenges to stemming the nation’s dropout crisis.

In an age in which Facebook and Twitter can help friends and family deepen connection, why isn’t American public education using technology and social media — including school data systems — to broaden the crucial bond between teacher and student (especially a student who needs those bonds to stay on the path to graduation) long after the child leaves the classroom. Unfortunately, the same rules that hinder the development of school data system — a matter about which I discussed in A Byte At the Apple also complicate this work.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod or MP3 player. 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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