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Dr. Louis Stoerner Discusses his Tenure as President of the Board of Directors of the Equity Center and Talks About the Vital Role Played by the Equity Center in the Realm of School Finance
Equity Center Radio |September 17, 2010 | The President of the Equity Center’s Board of Directors, Dr. Louis Stoerner, Explains to Wayne Pierce, the Equity Center’s Executive Director, and Today’s Host of Equity Center Radio, the Unique Significance of the Equity Center and the Esteem that it has Obtained Among Educators in the State of [...]
Todd Williams, the Superintendent at Kaufman ISD, Talks About his District’s Upcoming TRE Election
Equity Center Radio |September 3, 2010 | Todd Williams, Kaufman Independent School District’s Superintendent, Discusses the District’s Upcoming Tax Ratification Election (TRE) with Wayne Pierce, the Equity Center’s Executive Director. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Kaufman Independent School District (KISD), [...]
Aledo ISD Continues to Push for Equity in School Finance
Equity Center Radio | August 27, 2010 | Bobby J. Rigues, Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of Aledo Independent School District, and Superintendent of Schools Don Daniel Talk to Wayne Pierce About How Aledo ISD’s Board Members and Superintendent are Taking the Fight for Fair and Adequate Education Funding Around the State Alternative Play [...]
Equity Center’s Executive Director, Wayne Pierce, Interviews Rod Schroder, Amarillo ISD’s Superintendent on Today’s Program
Equity Center Radio |August 20, 2010 | Rod Schroder, the Superintendent at Amarillo ISD, Explains to the Equity Center’s Executive Director, Wayne Pierce, how Amarillo ISD is Treading Water in the School Finance’s Perfect Storm. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. [...]
An Interview with Randy Pittenger, Board President of Belton ISD
Equity Center Radio |August 13, 2010 | Randy Pittenger, the Board President at Belton ISD, Talks with the Equity Center’s Executive Director, Wayne Pierce, About the Educational Financial Crisis Facing his District and how Belton is Weathering the Storm. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on [...]
No Longer Docile and Willing to Meekly Take Whatever Leftovers the Legislature Doles Out, Aledo Independent School District Is Combating for Adequate and Fair School Funding
Equity Center Radio | July 23, 2010 |Two Members of the Board of Trustees of Aledo Independent School District Talk to Wayne Pierce About How Their Board is Taking the Initiative in the Fight for Fair and Adequate Education Funding Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer [...]
Monty Exter: Another Voice that Proclaims that our School Finance System is Broken and Lays the Blame at the Feet of our Lawmakers.
Equity Center Radio | July 9, 2010 | Monty Exter of the Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) Discusses the Current State of Affairs Regarding the Broken System of Financing Education in the State of Texas. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to [...]
Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, the Education Beat Writer for the San Antonio Express-News, Talks to Wayne Pierce about Covering the Legislature
Equity Center Radio | June 25, 2010 | Wayne Pierce, the Executive Director of the Equity Center Talks with the Education Beat Writer for the San Antonio Express-News, Jenny LaCoste-Caputo. She Gives our Listeners an Inside Look at What it is Like for a Beat Writer to Cover our Legislature. A short programing note: Equity [...]
Joe Smith: Another Go-Around
Equity Center Radio | Another Interview With Joe Smith of TexasISD.com Hosted by Ray Freeman Joe Smith Today Dr. Ray Freeman, the Deputy Executive Director of the Equity Center interviews Joe Smith. This is the second time that Joe has appeared on Equity Center Radio, and, we are sure, it certainly will not be the [...]
Wayne Pierce & Lynn Moak: A Conversation
Equity Center Radio | May 21, 2010 |Wayne Pierce, the Executive Director of the Equity Center, and Lynn Moak Hold an Impromptu Conversation About School Finance Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Lynn Moak, who has over 40 years’ experience in [...]
Vivian Baker: Belton ISD’s Talented Superintendent Chats About the Tussles Faced by a Rapidly Growing, Low Wealth District
Equity Center Radio | April 14, 2010 | A Discussion with Vivian Baker, Belton ISD’s Dynamic Superintendent of Schools About the Struggles of Maintaining High Academic Standards in a Fast Growing, Low Wealth School District . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to [...]
Texas Association of School Boards & Its Governmental Relations Initiative: An Interview with Catherine Clark
Equity Center Radio | April 30, 2010 | Catherine Clark, the Associate Executive Director for Governance Services at the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) tells our Audience all About Its Upcoming Lobbying Effort on behalf of Quality Education in Texas for all School Children. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school [...]
An Interview with Carolyn Boyle, the Chair of Texas ParentPAC
Equity Center Radio | April 23, 2010 | Carolyn Boyle, the Chair for Texas ParentPAC tells our Audience all About the PAC and the Difference it is Making in Changing the Political Landscape for Education in Texas . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the [...]
The Last Installment of our Interview with Nationally Renown School Reform Advocate, Whitney Tilson
Equity Center Radio | April 16, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Completes his Critical Look at the Failings in Our Educational System that Create a Need for Genuine School Reform Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. We have reached the end of [...]
Installment Three of the Crisis in American Schools: An Interview with Whitney Tilson
Equity Center Radio | April 2, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Explains the Second of the Two Critical Gaps in Our Educational System that Create a Need for Genuine School Reform Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Now, in part 3 of [...]
Whitney Tilson Explains Achievement Gap 1 in the Second Installment of His Interview♦
Equity Center Radio | March 26, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Explains One of the Two Critical Gaps in Our Educational System that Create a Need for Genuine School Reform Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today we present part 2 of [...]
A Right Denied: What Good is it to be Able to sit at the Lunch Counter if you Cannot Read the Menu?
Equity Center Radio | March 19, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Discusses His New Documentary, A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. We know that today is not Halloween but you are in [...]
Amy Beneski and the Educational Finance Coalition
Equity Center Radio | March 12, 2010 | Amy Beneski, the Associate Executive Director for Governmental Relations at the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) tells our Audience all About the School Finance Coalition. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today, [...]
How the Political Climate in Texas Is Affecting Our Schools: Is it Hot or Cold?
Equity Center Radio | March 05, 2010 | A Discussion with Ken McCraw About the Political Climate in Texas and How Public Schools will be Affected . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today, our host, the Equity Center’s Deputy Executive [...]
The Conclusion of a 2 Part Series with Dr. Albert Cortez
Equity Center Radio | February 19, 2010 Podcast | The Continuation of an Interview with Dr. Albert Cortez, the Director of Policy for the Intercultural Development Research Association . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today’s broadcast of Equity Center Radio [...]
Part 2 of a Two-Part Series of Remarks of State Senator Steve Ogden
Equity Center Radio | February 5, 2010 Podcast | The Continuation of A Speech by State Senator Steven Ogden, the Chairman of the State Senate’s Finance Committee . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today’s broadcast of Equity Center Radio features [...]
Part 1 of a Two-Part Series of Remarks by Senator Steve Ogden
Equity Center Radio | January 29, 2010 | A Speech by State Senator Steven Ogden, the Chairman of the State Senate’s Finance Committee . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today’s broadcast of Equity Center Radio features State Senator Steven Ogden, [...]
An Interview with Lauren Cook, A Former Legislative Aide
Equity Center Radio | January 22, 2010 | An Interview With Lauren Cook, former legislative aide to State Senator Judith Zaffirini and now the Director of Communications and Member Services here at the Equity Center. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. [...]
Texas Bond Fund
The Texas Education Agency has issued the following press statement: The Texas Permanent School Fund Bond Guarantee Program, closed since March, will re-open in early 2010 and will once again back the bonds issued to pay for school construction. This will save Texas school districts millions of dollars in interest costs. The Internal Revenue Service [...]