Audio Included in Post. Runs 69 Minutes. Audio Courtesy of University of Indianapolis. Indianapolis’ Mayors since UniGov appeared Friday in a first time ever joint forum at the University of Indianapolis. Richard Lugar, Bill Hudnut, Steve Goldsmith, Bart Peterson and current Mayor Greg Ballard discussed Indianapolis’ successes and goals to be achieved. In Part 1 […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 52 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Stand for Children is a national and local grassroots organization working for educational reform. They’ve just started an Indiana chapter. The National Director of Stand for Children is Jonah Edelman, son of legendary civil rights and child rights advocate Marian Wright Edelman. Jonah appeared […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 34 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Indianapolis native Kevin Chavous returned home and talked education reform with Amos and listeners on Afternoons with Amos. A former Washington DC City Councilman, Chavous is a leading advocate for education reform and improving education for African-American children. Chavous heads the national organization Democrats […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 51 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Afternoons with Amos, the first Indiana radio station to broadcast live from Indiana’s Legislature, began its 8th year of broadcasts live from the State Capitol. Amos talked with Democratic and Republican legislators about the major issues in this year’s Legislature. In Part One of […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 42 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Afternoons with Amos, the first Indiana radio station to broadcast live from Indiana’s Legislature, began its 8th year of broadcasts live from the State Capitol. Amos talked with Democratic and Republican legislators about the major issues in this year’s Legislature. In Part Two of […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 32 Minutes. Audio ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. In a wide ranging, year end interview, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels talked frankly about his upcoming legislative agenda. The Governor discussed his education reform proposals; the effort to modify sentencing to reduce prison costs; the tough decisions on Indiana’s upcoming two year budget and […]
Has the Superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools, a system that has opposed the expansion of charter schools, now changed his mind about them? IPS Superintendent Dr. Eugene White joined fifteen other leaders of major urban school districts, including controversial Washington, DC Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rhee, in signing a commentary to be published in Sunday’s […]
The Schott foundation study showing that less than 50 percent of black males are graduating from high school is astounding and depressing – but not a revelation to many in the African American community.
From theroot.com: In his address to the National Urban League’s Centennial Conference in Washington, D.C., this morning, President Barack Obama laid out the future of America’s embroiled educational plan while also chastising some of the policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush.
