New Orleans There are few things that I read that have the ability to simply shock and startle, but a piece by Paul Tough in the Sunday New York Times called “What it Takes to Make a Student” was simply arresting. The argument in a nutshell is stark: lower income and minority children are disadvantaged virtually …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Minimum Wages Matter
New Orleans We do not screen calls in any of our offices. We are a membership organization and the membership can never think that there is a chance that they would not be allowed to talk to anyone when they are calling. I got a call yesterday out of the blue from Roger Davidson. Roger, as …
ACORN in Second Life?
New Orleans One of the things I am certain is a mistake is to claim that I am up to date about the wild world of the web (www!). Recently a couple of emails alerted me to a level of virtual weirdness that seemed both startling and bizarre. Here’s the bottom line. Seems there is …