Month: March 2011

This op-ed column in The Commercial Appeal was written by the highly respected educator Fred Johnson: A city school district where students are predominantly black and poor. A county school district where students tend to be...

By Steve Mulroy Much media commentary on the school merger debate discusses the “uncertainties” involved. But what’s remarkable is how much has become certain about the few really important things voters need...

There’s been speculation in the school consolidation campaign about the reason city taxpayers starting funding schools. Some “county” school officials have suggested that Memphis began funding schools because it wanted to...

AFSCME should be ashamed. This week, it mailed to thousands of Memphis households an anti-consolidation piece that degraded the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In attempting to draw a specious connection that said...

Bernal Smith, the always thoughtful publisher of the Tri-State Defender recently wrote his reasons for voting for school consolidation: Previously, I detailed the underlying facts of school consolidation and the MCS charter...

One of the best, most insightful commentators about Memphis, in our opinion, is John Lawrence, and we are fortunate that he shares his opinions and insights with us on this blog on occasion.  John is an Executive Management...

As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker tries to strip away the collective bargaining rights of public-sector unions, many liberals have latched onto the idea that his real goal is to dismantle the labor movement and the...

Our very own Youth Villages is used to getting attention from national awards to mentions by the First Lady.  This week, it was featured in a New York Times blog: It’s difficult to change systems even when they are widely...