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, […]
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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
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
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”
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