On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle considers Education Next‘s myopic misstep on addressing single-parents and education, then explains why the school reform movement must embrace racial, gender, ideological, and social diversity.

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On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle explains why measuring student achievement through standardized testing is critical to helping all children, especially those from poor and minority households, succeed in school and life.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle Radio or download directly to your mobile or desktop device. Also, subscribe to the podcast series, and embed this podcast on your site. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Stitcher, and PodBean.

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle looks at the child abuse scandal at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside and explains why overhauling how we train and manage teachers and school leaders is critical to stemming criminal and educational abuse.

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On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle discusses why it is time to move beyond defined-benefit pensions that are proving costly to taxpayers, teachers, and children alike.

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On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle offers six more steps — from asking teachers about their use of data, to advocating for free lunch for all students — that families can take to help their kids (and all kids) succeed in school and in life.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle Radio or download directly to your mobile or desktop device. Also, subscribe to the podcast series, and embed this podcast on your site. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Stitcher, and PodBean.