In an exclusive, in-depth Afternoons with Amos interview, Marcus Robinson, CEO of Tindley Schools, the operator of Arlington High School, one of the Indianapolis Public Schools takeover schools, talked frankly about why there’s been talk of Tindley no longer operating Arlington.  In nthe interview, Robinson assured the community that the school at 48th and Arlington […]

With the many commemorations and media articles and stories about the surrounding the 60th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education decision that outlawed racially separate but equal schools, there’s been a focus on the progress of school integration and questions whether public schools are becoming more racially segregated. Indianapolis was one […]

It’s positive information if you’re an educator or a teacher, but to many in the general public and especially to school reformers and even some legislators who wrote Indiana’s Teacher Evaluation Law the first release of data on the effectiveness of Indiana public school educators wasn’t what they expected. Instead of seeing significant numbers of […]

Afternoons with Amos ended its ninth year on AM1310 The Light and began its Tenth Season in style. The program broadcast live from Maxine’s Chicken & Waffles, the population Black-owned downtown soul food restaurant at Ohio and East Streets. Besides talking with listeners on a wide range of subjects, which has been the success of […]

Our community is rallying around the Girls Basketball team at Arlington High School. Tuesday the team played Bloomington South HS and were beaten 107 to 2.  The news has spread across the city, state and the nation. With most expressing support for the young team.  On Afternoons with Amos, Arlington and EdPower Athletic Director Bobby […]

Audio Included in Post. Runs 15 Minutes ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. EdPower is one of the three entities the State Department of Education has chosen to operate schools if the state decides to formally takeover operation of one or all of seven failing Indiana middle and high schools.  A Black run/managed company, EdPower is based in […]