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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 [… Read More]
Dr. Bonnie Lesley, the Author of “Money Does Matter! Investing in Texas Children and Our Future”, Discusses the Study and What Its Results Mean for Texas
Equity Center Radio | October 1, 2010 | Today’s Host, Wayne Pierce, the Executive Director of the Equity Center, Speaks to Dr. Bonnie Lesley, About the Equity Center’s Recently Released Pamphlet, Money Does Matter! Investing in Texas Children and Our Future, Which She Authored. Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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), [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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. [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
Equity Center’s School Finance Services
Equity Center Radio | May 28, 2010 |Today’s Podcast Focuses on the Services the Equity Center Renders to its Member School Districts Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. In today’s broadcast, we interview two of the Equity Center’s staff who work [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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. [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
Omar Garcia and the School Finance “Template”
Equity Center Radio | February 26, 2010 | A Discussion About the School Finance Template with its Originator, Omar Garcia . 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 Director, Wayne Pierce, interviews Omar Garcia, the Director [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
An Interview with Dr. Albert Cortez, the Director of Policy for the Intercultural Development Research Association
Equity Center Radio | February 12, 2010 | Part 1 of a 2 Part Series with Dr. Albert Cortez, the Director of Policy for the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) . Alternative Play Button You can email your questions about school finance and equity for answer on the air to ECRadio@EquityCenter.org. Today, the Equity Center’s [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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, [… Read More]
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. [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]
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 [… Read More]