On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle considers the latest data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the assault of a 16-year-old at South Carolina's Spring Valley High by a school cop, and the defense of Success Academy's overuse of harsh school discipline, and explains why these events show the importance of high expectations for all children.

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