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    Political Bickering Means NYS Races to the Bottom of Education Reform Funding

    Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

    Education officials and charter school backers on Monday lashed out at teachers unions and the Legislature after New York failed to get $700 million in federal Race to the Top money. Tennessee and Delaware scored a combined $600 million of the competitive $4.3 billion pot of education money to help turn around failing schools and [...]

    F is for Failure

    Monday, April 5th, 2010

    Newsweek probes the failures of education reform over the last decade.

    TLS09: Bono and Bill

    Monday, August 17th, 2009

    Extreme Poverty and AIDS Bill Hybels interview with Bono, featuring testimonies from pastors throughout Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2009 (My notes below were taken real time via Twitter. Read them from the bottom up.) # Hybels: we need compassion AND justice to end stupid, extreme poverty in this generation. #tls094:54 PM Aug 7th from twidroid [...]

    Why Politicians Need Your Help with School Reform

    Friday, July 3rd, 2009

    The politics of New York City’s public education system stepped into sharp focus again this week, with petty partisanship ruling the day. The New York State Senate persisted in its recent foolishness by refusing to vote on renewing Mayoral Control of the NYC’s public schools, allowing the law granting mayoral control to simply lapse. Mayor [...]

    Joel R. Rivera for NY State Assembly: Special Election Tomorrow

    Monday, June 1st, 2009

    Tomorrow, my friend Joel R. Rivera confronts underdog status as the community candidate rather than “the machine candidate” in a special election for the New York State Assembly’s 77th Assembly seat. If you live in the South Bronx neighborhoods of Morris Heights, Highbridge, and Morrisania, be sure to vote. Call 866-VOTE-NYC for polling locations. Here [...]

    Poverty is on Which Agenda?

    Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

    I confess a fondness for Sojourners. Several friends are on its board. Others contribute regularly to its blog and other publications. Their call to economic justice is righteous. So I followed with great interest the Twitter chatter from Sojourners’ recent “Mobilization to End Poverty” event in Washington, DC, and even re-tweeted choice morsels throughout. I [...]

    Milton Friedman on Greed, Virtue, and Eliminating Poverty

    Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

    A certifiable genius contends for capitalism as the “only cases in which the masses have escaped from grinding poverty. … The record of history is absolutely crystal clear… there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are [...]

    Last Chance to Register for ACTS Training

    Thursday, February 26th, 2009

    - Classes begin next week. Limited seats remain. The Latino Leadership Circle in partnership with Street 2 Street and American Bible Society offers ACTS to equip youth leaders, ministers, and volunteers through cutting edge training for those involved on the frontlines of Urban Ministry. Sessions will be conducted by professionally trained and experienced ministers, social [...]

    The Pot Calls the Kettle

    Thursday, February 12th, 2009

    About the only thing more unseemly than grandstanding politicians are entitled corporate executives. Get both groups in the same room for a blame-shifting session rather than a fundraising or lobbying powwow, and fireworks ensue.

    (Still) Losing Races (But Catching Up)

    Thursday, February 12th, 2009

    In light of the controversy sparked by my friend Eden Martinez’ video interpretation of Michael Gungor’s song “White Man,” I’m reposting an article I wrote five years ago during Black History Month. While I agree with the critics that tremendous strides have been made in American race relations (that feels ridiculously trite to type given [...]

    Weekly Webcast: God is not a “White Man”

    Thursday, February 12th, 2009

    White Man Music by Michael Gungor Band. Video by Eden Martinez One of my former youth leaders Eden Martinez produced this amazing video for Abounding Grace Ministries‘ Youth Sunday service last week. It’s caused quite a dust-up on Facebook. Enjoy. “White Man” By Michael and Lisa GungorUploaded by edenmart11 Related + “Losing Races: A Dream [...]

    What happens when the White House gets a blog?

    Monday, February 9th, 2009

    They post pictures and videos of friends hanging with the President. That’s Noel Castellanos of CCDA (on the right, with glasses) with Jim Wallis of Sojourners and others as President Obama announces his faith-based initiative. HT: Rudy

    ACTS Urban Youth Leader Training: Register Today

    Monday, February 9th, 2009

    The Latino Leadership Circle in partnership with Street 2 Street and American Bible Society offers ACTS to equip youth leaders, ministers, and volunteers through cutting edge training for those involved on the frontlines of Urban Ministry. Sessions will be conducted by professionally trained and experienced ministers, social workers and marketplace leaders. Topics Include: + A [...]

    Wednesday Weekly Webcast a/k/a Stimulus Stinkers

    Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

    Stimulus Stinkers Notwithstanding President Obama’s pledge to leave earmarks out of the proposed $800+ Billion stimulus bill, the House version is full of dead weight. The Wall Street Journal documents a few of the more fatty cuts of Pelosi Pork.

    From the “Did hell just freeze over?” School of Reporting

    Thursday, January 29th, 2009

    CNN calls out President Barack Obama for hypocrisy. The news watching public might expect that from Fox, but not from the Obama Cheerleader Now Network. Kudos to Campbell Brown.

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