We invite you to download MTR's Christmas Readings & Prayers for encouragement during this holiday season and time away from school. These past two years have been extremely difficult for all--with particular challenges for teachers and students. The stress of Covid, on top of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEsM3BRhi0s TOPIC Tony Campolo shared on a variety of topics specific to faith and education. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University. For 40 years he led the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization which he founded to serve under-resourced communities. COMPLETE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvTJ_4OmSU TOPIC Tim Keller answers questions on how Christians can express their faith through public education. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Dr. Tim Keller is the founding paster of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. TRANSCRIPTThe audio recording shared on this site has been edited for time. The full transcript of the conversation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pa_n0uufs TOPIC Nicole Baker Fulgham shared about race and equality in education and how to reflect God as teachers. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Nicole Baker Fulgham is the founder and president of the Expectations Project and the author of Educating All God's Children: What Christians Can - And Should - Do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2eSZ-Kqm8 TOPIC Doug Logan shares about reconciliation, as well as the power of prayer in the life of a teacher. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Dr. Doug Logan is the president of Grimké Seminary, the Associate Director of Acts 29, and the Pastor of Church Planting at Remnant Church in Richmond, VA. TRANSCRIPTThe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3wpY1fL9Q TOPIC Bryan Loritts shares thoughts on reconciliation, faith, and work. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Dr. Bryan Loritts is the teaching pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina, president and founder of the Kainos Movement, and was the co-founder of Fellowship Memphis Church. TRANSCRIPTThe audio recording shared on this site has...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-tWKvM1FJ0 TOPIC Andy Crouch shared about the role of education and the common good. SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Andy Crouch is a Christian author, speaker, and partner for Praxis, an organization that works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. Andy Crouch is the former editor of Christianity Today. COMPLETE AUDIO TRANSCRIPT The...
MTR Camp StaffMarjorie Lee Brown STEM Discovery Camp StaffMTR Residency Class of 2022 In the past four weeks, MTR has welcomed the residency class of 2022, MTR Camp summer interns, and Marjorie Lee Brown STEM Education Fellows! We're so grateful to the collective 73 individuals who...
Juneteenth. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Liberation Day. The longest-running African-American holiday. A symbolic day that commemorates the end of slavery. And now, a federal holiday.Juneteenth celebrations date back to 1866 with three goals: to CELEBRATE,to EDUCATE,to AGITATE 1The work of justice, racial equity, and true freedom remains...
PRESS RELEASE Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR) today announced the creation of the Memphis Literacy Institute, founded with a vision to further efforts to build literacy across the MidSouth by developing, understanding, and sharing methods for effectively teaching literacy skills. The Institute will provide robust strategy and...