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Raw Ed News Radio

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RAW Education News Radio is BAM's public affairs channel. Think C-SPAN Radio with more meat and less fat, in less time. Tune in to listen to recorded discussions with leading educators, reporters, government officials and legislators condensed and edited for busy educators, advocates, journalists and education leaders.
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Will Rich Schools Get Richer, Poor Schools Poorer Under NCLB 2.0?

During today's White House press call, education reporters try to confirm to what extent the proposed rewrite of NCLB would send money from poor schools to rich ones. #education #edreform #NCLB #satchat Cecilia Muñoz is director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. A longtime civil rights advocate, she worked as Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Coun...

Feb 13, 2015•12 min

Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose

A growing chorus of early education professionals are saying that setting standards for reading instruction in kindergarten is going too far. They argue that policies aimed at preparing kids for college through academics at increasingly earlier years is misguided and unsupported by the research. Learn more. Follow: @JoanAlmon @Teach_Preschool @bamradionetwork @bodymindchild Nancy Carlsson-Paige is Professor Emerita at Lesley University where she taught teachers for more than 30 years and was a f...

Feb 03, 2015•12 min

RTTT: After Four Years and Four Billion Dollars, Has Race to The Top Been a Success?

Race to the top has its four year anniversary this week. Has the administrations signature education policy been a success? In this segment we cover a White House press conference with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Cecilia Muñoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council as reporters ask tough questions about the impact of RTTT. @bamradionetwork Arne Duncan is the U.S secretary of education appointed by by President Barack Obama. Cecilia Muñoz is director of the White House Do...

Mar 25, 2014•12 min

Duncan Takes Tough Questions on Student Loans

In this segment we cover a press conference with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and James Kvaal, Deputy Assistant to the President, fielding tough questions from education reporters on the new bipartisan plan to roll back the student loan interest rate increase that went into effect July 1.

Jul 24, 2013•12 min

Assessment: What Do We Need to Stop, Start and Keep Doing?

This is the third episode discussing the 10 part video series "A Year at Mission Hill" hosted by Sam Chaltain. In this segment we look at question of authentic assessment. What are we doing right? What needs to change? Follow: @samchaltain @bamradionetwork Scott Hartl is President and CEO for Expeditionary Learning. He has played in integral role in EL since its inception. In prior work, Scott founded Boston’s Harbor School, and mentored aspiring principals from Harvard, Northeastern University ...

Jun 07, 2013•11 min

2014 Budget:Tax Tobacco to Fund Early Education, Duncan Ready to Fight

In this segment we cover a press conference with Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the proposed 2014 budget for education. Among the initiatives discussed is a tax on tobacco to fund universal preschool and a plan to protect students with loans from interest rate increases. United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Carmel Martin, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development at the Department of Education. Ayla Gavins is the principal of the Mission Hill K-8 Sch...

Apr 10, 2013•15 min

Full Inclusion: Good Idea, But...

This is the second episode discussing the 10 part video series "A Year at Mission Hill" hosted by Sam Chaltain. In this segment we look at the real and practical challenges of including students with special needs into the general school population. Timothy P. Shriver argues that inclusion is not a one- size-fits-all notion and that all students don't have to be in the same classroom to feel or be included. Timothy P. Shirver, social leader, educator, activist, film producer, is Chairman and CEO...

Apr 04, 2013•11 min

Mission Hills Special Report: Creating a School Culture That Works

This is the first episode discussing the 10 part video series "A Year at Mission Hill" hosted by Sam Chaltain. Ayla Gavins is the principal of the Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain, MA. Dr. Josh Starr began his tenure as Montgomery County Public Schools’ superintendent of schools on July 1, 2011, after having been the superintendent in Stamford, Connecticut.

Aug 27, 2012•11 min
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