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Catherine Clark, The Executive Director for Governance Services for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), Discusses TASB’s Legislative Agenda, and the Move by Some To Adopt a Statewide Property Tax

Equity Center Radio | October 8, 2010 | Catherine Clark, the Associate Executive Director for Governance Services at the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) tells our Audience all About TASB’s Upcoming Lobbying Effort on behalf of Quality Education in Texas for all School Children. She also Addresses What’s Behind the Move to Adopt a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Final Stages of Our In-Depth Interview with Whitney Tilson

Equity Center Radio | April 9, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Advocates for Major 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 are entering into the homestretch of our multi-segment series about school reform with nationally known school reformer, Whitney Tilson. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Why We Need Equity In School Financing

Equity Center Radio | January 8, 2010 | An Interview With Judge Scott McCown, “the Edgewood Judge” Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today Dr. Wayne Pierce completes his interview with the Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities [...]

The First Installment of an Interview with F. Scott McCown

Equity Center Radio | December 18, 2009 | An Interview With Judge Scott McCown, “the Edgewood Judge” Play You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today Dr. Wayne Pierce begins the first installment of his interview with the Executive Director of the Center for Public [...]

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 [...]

Introduction to Equity Center Radio Podcasts

Hear about our new weekly podcast, Equity Center Radio, that will bring you information and opinion about the system of public school funding in the State of Texas. We will have interviews with the leaders of the State and with people who are the movers and shakers in the realm of school finance and funding; [...]

Hello world!

Welcome to Equity Center Radio. Our first podcast will be on the air Friday, November 13, 2009, at 10:45am. While this podcast will not be live, future ones will be and you will be able to call in and ask questions and talk with the host of the show, our Executive Director, Wayne Pierce. We [...]



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