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 #e…
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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 prep…
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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…
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The Nation's Report Card on Student Achievement Shows "Modest" Progress, but "Proves Skeptics Wrong"
In this segment we cover a press conference with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as he highlights the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Duncan a…
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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 repo…
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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…
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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 f…
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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 incl…
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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 Jamaic…