Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:25:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle » New York City Department of Education http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dropoutnation_feed_cover_2012.png http://dropoutnation.net Weekly The Dropout Nation Podcast: The Next Steps for Race to the Top http://dropoutnation.net/2010/03/07/dropout-nation-podcast-steps-race-top/ http://dropoutnation.net/2010/03/07/dropout-nation-podcast-steps-race-top/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:44:21 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/?p=1478 Dropout Nation Podcast Cover

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I look at the efforts by the Obama administration to bring districts into Race to the Top and offer some steps that could make the reform work even more effective. This includes turning school districts pioneering school reform efforts into enterprise zones of sorts, freeing them from restrictive state laws and collective bargaining rules.

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.

]]> http://dropoutnation.net/2010/03/07/dropout-nation-podcast-steps-race-top/feed/ 2 Arne Duncan,Barack Obama,Dropout Nation,Frederick Hess,Joel Klein,New York City Department of Education,Race to the Top,RiShawn Biddle,U.S. Department of Education On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, I look at the efforts by the Obama administration to bring districts into Race to the Top and offer some steps that could make the reform work even more effective. This includes turning school districts pioneering... (http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dropoutnation_itunes_cover-e1263771405201.png) On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast (http://dropoutnation.net/?cat=492), I look at the efforts by the Obama administration to bring districts into Race to the Top (http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/index.html) and offer some steps that could make the reform work even more effective. This includes turning school districts pioneering school reform efforts into enterprise zones of sorts, freeing them from restrictive state laws and collective bargaining rules. You can listen (http://rishawnbiddle.org/RRB/media/rbradio/index.html) to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download (http://www.rishawnbiddle.org/RRB/media/rbradio/_mp3/3/dpn_podcast_racetothetopnextsteps_03072010.mp3) directly to your iPod or MP3 player. Also, subscribe (../feed/podcast/) to the podcast series. It is also available on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=348527760), Blubrry (http://www.blubrry.com/dropoutnation/), Podcast Alley, (http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=90977) the Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org/index.php?request_id=3369&openpod=20#anchor20) and Zune Marketplace (http://social.zune.net/podcast/Dropout-Nation/6900e8e7-4e46-45be-a456-570be181ffcf). RiShawn Biddle no 7:59 The Dropout Nation Podcast: Why Civil Rights Activists Should Embrace School Reform http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/07/the-dropout-nation-podcast-why-civil-rights-activists-should-embrace-school-reform/ http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/07/the-dropout-nation-podcast-why-civil-rights-activists-should-embrace-school-reform/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:57:56 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/?p=1277 Dropout Nation Podcast Cover

On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast, I explain why the NAACP, the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and New Jersey’s Education Law Center should abandon their tried and truly counterproductive approaches to improving equity and equality for the nation’s poor black and Latino children and embrace approaches offered by the school reform movement.

You can listen to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download directly to your iPod or MP3 player. Also, subscribe to get the podcasts every week. It is also available on iTunes, Blubrry, Podcast Alley and the Education Podcast Network.

Update: You can now download the Podcast from Zune Marketplace.

]]> http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/07/the-dropout-nation-podcast-why-civil-rights-activists-should-embrace-school-reform/feed/ 2 Abbott v. Burke,charter school integration,Chartering Diversity,Civil Rights Project at UCLA,Education Law Center,funding equity,Gary Orfield,Jamaica High School,Joel Klein,NAACP,New York City Department of Education,school closures On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, I explain why the NAACP, the Civil Rights Project at UCLA and New Jersey's Education Law Center should abandon their tried and truly counterproductive approaches to improving equity and equality for the nation's p... (http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dropoutnation_itunes_cover-e1263771405201.png) On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, I explain why the NAACP (http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/education/100201-uft-naacp-sue-over-school-closings), the Civil Rights Project at UCLA (http://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/news/pressreleases/pressrelease20100204-report.html) and New Jersey's Education Law Center (http://www.edlawcenter.org/ELCPublic/elcnews_100202_FourIn2010.htm) should abandon their tried and truly counterproductive approaches to improving equity and equality for the nation's poor black and Latino children and embrace approaches offered by the school reform movement. You can listen (http://rishawnbiddle.org/RRB/media/rbradio/index.html) to the Podcast at RiShawn Biddle’s radio page or download (http://www.rishawnbiddle.org/RRB/media/rbradio/_mp3/3/dpn_podcast_civilrightseducation_02072010.mp3) directly to your iPod or MP3 player. Also, subscribe (../feed/podcast/) to get the podcasts every week. It is also available on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=348527760), Blubrry (http://www.blubrry.com/dropoutnation/), Podcast Alley (http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=90977) and the Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org/index.php?request_id=3369&openpod=20#anchor20). Update: You can now download the Podcast from Zune Marketplace (http://social.zune.net/podcast/Dropout-Nation/6900e8e7-4e46-45be-a456-570be181ffcf). RiShawn Biddle no 7:47