The Dropout Nation Podcast

As you wind down from the Thanksgiving weekend, listen to this Dropout Nation Podcast (../?cat=492), on the need to get poor-performing teachers out of classrooms. The damage wrecked by ineffective teaching -- and the culture of mediocrity they foster -- is promoted and sustained by schools of ed...

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On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast (http://dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast/), I take a look at the myth perpetrated by defenders of American public education's status quo that pov...

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For those who read the New York Times report (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html) on the use of Facebook by students to praise their teachers -- or Bijan Sabat's own thoughts (http://bijansabet.com/post/810489728/teacher-reviews) on the matter -- listen to this Dropout Nation Podca...

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On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast (http://dropoutnation.net/?cat=492), I profile Harlem Link Charter School (http://www.harlemlink.org/) co-founder Steven Evangelista (http://www.harlemlink.org/bo...

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On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast (../?cat=492), I discuss how poor-performing teachers damage the educational destinies of students, bring down the morale of their colleagues and foster the nat...

What's happening in the dropout nation these days:



* National Journal is hosting the latest of their weekly questions about education. This week, it is all about whether the No Child Left Behind Act will be reauthorized (http://education.nationaljournal.com/2010/02/esea-in-2010.php) this year. I...