Tag Archives: Education

Dear Mr. Trump: Will You Advance a Moral Agenda?

By Mark | December 30, 2016

Tomorrow night, as people around the world gather to celebrate the coming of 2017, Reverend Dr. William Barber II, along with several other leaders of the American faith community, will be congregating at the historic Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC for what they’re calling a National Watch Night service. The purpose of the gathering, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ben Carson, Donald Trump, God, Higher Ground Moral Declaration, human rights, Jeff Sessions, morality, morals, National Watch Night, poverty, prison reform, public education, race, race and poverty, religion, sentencing reform, Steve Bannon, voting rights, William Barber | 246 Comments

State Rep Jeff Irwin on Lansing’s response to the Flint disaster, the case for place-based education, and the music of Spelling… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 28, 2016

Those of you who, after last week’s show, predicted that I would never return to the Saturday Six Pack, failed to consider one thing… I have no where else to go. So, yes, we’re going to be back on the air this Saturday evening with what promises to be yet another equally thought-provoking and fun […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged citizen-stewards, Craig Johnson, Eastern Michigan University, ecojustice, ecology, Emergency Manager, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Jeff Irwin, lead, place-based education, SEMIS Coalition, solutionaries, spelling, Victoria Weeber, water | 6 Comments

Zines, local indie film, restorative justice, and the music of Junglefowl …on this weekend’s overly-ambitious Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | September 17, 2015

As of right now, at least according to Facebook, I’m the only person who plans on listening to this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack. That doesn’t mean, however, that the show we have lined up isn’t great. It is… Really, I don’t know how we do it, but we’ve got yet another awesome […]

Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 22 North Gallery, 24 Hour Shootout, accountability, Belinda Dulin, Benjamin Edmondson, bullying, Colin Moorhouse, Erin Anderson-Ruddon, expulsion, indie film, Junglefowl, Katy Shay, kids and violence, Mark Ducker, Martin Thoburn, Michelle Rose-Armstrong, Nancy Riestenberg, Peri Stone-Palmquist, public education, restorative justice, Skyline, Student Advocacy Center, suspension, teen violence, teens, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools | 4 Comments

Mark Schauer tells me over beers, “I’m going to beat Rick Snyder whether or not the minimum wage ballot proposal is before voters or not”

By Mark | May 16, 2014

Yesterday evening, after work, one thing led to another and I found myself locked in the basement of Arbor Brewing along with with Mark Schauer, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan. Fortunately, I had a camera with me, and captured a good deal of our exchange on the subjects of K-12 education and the […]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget cuts, dismantling of public education, education reform, Emergency Manager, for-profit charter schools, Headstart, Mark Schauer, Mosaic, Muskegeon, public education, Raise Michigan, retirement tax, Rick Snyder, virtual charters | 14 Comments

Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause on March 20 at Ypsi’s Wurst Bar

By Mark | March 3, 2014

Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that I was working on a top-secret, meat-related project? Well, I can now share the details… Here’s the press release: March 3, 2014 WURST CHALLENGE announced for March 20 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause. FLY […]