I have maintained for quite some time now that I feel the South Oak Cliff Boys Basketball Team has been unfairly and excessively disciplined for grade changing accusations made by former employees to WFAA 8. My support for Coach James Mays has not been altered by the two championships that...
Here’s an article that I wrote regarding Texas’ Top 10% rule which appears in Sunday Morning’s Paris News. Is the diversity achieved by the top 10 percent rule in Texas Higher Education really that diverse? That’s one of many questions I’ve been asking myself as I ponder whether or not...
President Barack Obama chose to detail his plans for education today at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. President Obama proposed four pillars of education reform: 1) “Investing in early childhood initiatives” like Head Start; 2) “Encouraging better standards and assessments” by focusing on testing itineraries that better fit our...
DALLAS – Retired Dallas County administrator J. Allen Clemson has joined the University of North Texas Dallas Campus staff as a special assistant to the vice chancellor, and will primarily oversee the areas of finance and administration. The interim, six month appointment follows the death of Maxine Rogers, the Campus’...
Check my Twitter Feed (shawnpwilliams) which is posted on a widget on the Dallas South homepage where you can follow me in Austin on Wednesday. I’ll be part of the of the Orange and Maroon Legislative Day 2009, where the University of Texas and Texas A&M join forces to speak...
Sad. As I watched the Rick Thompson produced documentary Bishop College: A Bridge Between the Worlds in the end I came away feeling sad. With all over the wonderful stories that Thompson is able to gleen from the black college’s 107 year history, in the end I came away quite...
When I look at all of the wonderful and prophetic pastors – Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, Dr. Denny Davis, the late great Dr. C.A.W. Clark- that came out of the Bishop College fold, I’ve often wondered how in the world a place with such a tradition could have ever...
Listen to Part 2 of this great interview with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III as he gives a preview of what “Freddy Haynes Unscripted” might sound like starting in March on 94.5 KSoul. Dr. Haynes talks about DPD crime statistics recently released, the stimulus package pending in the Senate, and...
They say membership has its privileges. I was fortunate to grab a few moments with my pastor, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III to discuss his new radio show that’s scheduled to start in March on 94.5 K Soul. In Part 1 of this 2 part interview, Dr. Haynes talks about...
Hat Tip to theseedplanter for pointing us to an Associated Press article that appears on Yahoo News regarding the billions of stimulus dollars that are slated to go towards education. Click here to read Justin Pope’s entire article. Here are some of the highlights: The stimulus plan emerging in Washington...
