St Jude, MTR and saving kid’s lives
On Monday, June 26th, the MTR was treated to a wonderful lunch and tour of St Jude Children's Hospital...
The Gates Foundation, Colleen Oliver and Memphis as the Epicenter of Urban Education Reform
Colleen Oliver, Senior Program Officer of US Education with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spoke to the MTR Class of 2011 on July 8th. Colleen shared the Gates' core values of their foundation: (1) Every person has equal value; and, (2) Every person...
Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Pete Carroll
Gang-I spent an hour or more at Borders this afternoon with Ruthie and Mary Van. While they read about 20 Bearenstein Bears books, I picked up two magazines: Fortune and Sports Illustrated.I read two articles that were so insightful that I wanted to share...
The Declaration of Independence, 4th of July and the MTR
Independence Day July 4, 2010 Last night at dinner Team Montague “celebrated” Independence Day. ...
Pitt Hyde, AutoZone and the Innovative Power in Memphis
Pitt Hyde, AutoZone founder and Memphis philanthropist, came to share with the MTR Class of 2011 on June 9th. Among other things, he stressed the importance of CREATING and ENVIRONMENT where everyone wants to EXCEL. Everyone wants...
Holiday Inn and the Innovative Power in Memphis
Kem Wilson Jr., Principal and Executive Vice President of the Kemmons Wilson Companies and son of Holiday Inns founder Kemmons Wilson, spoke to the MTR on June 14th. Kem shared with us his father's life story and the influence of Holiday...
Housing in Memphis and in Heaven
(Urban Context 1.1)Hope VI Revitalization Program is a federal housing redevelopment initiative that began in 1993. The goal is to use federal money to incentivize urban areas to redevelop low-income housing projects into more attractive and sustainable communities. Memphis has just won its fifth...
Factories, Wal-Mart and Paul on the importance of great urban teachers
Urban Context (1.0)Recently, I posted a blog describing the forces impacting large urban cities, like Memphis. Most significantly, technology and outsourcing have significantly reduced the number of mid-level jobs in American cities. Mid-level jobs are those jobs that required mid-level skills and paid...
Harvard, Solzhenitsyn and a Christian Take on Urban Education
For important urban context (1.1) see "As jobs fade away" in the May 8th Economist.This is an excellent overview of what is significantly impacting our lower-educated urban population. In summary, over the past 30 years or so, technology has drastically improved efficiencies and therefore drastically...
The Deep Magic of Jesus, Narnia and Urban Education
See Minding the Education Gap, from Miller-McCune on May 18.(http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/minding-the-education-gap-16074/)He points out what we already know...