Disadvantaged students and crisis in faith-based urban schools / Thomas G. Wilson, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND CRISIS IN FAITH-BASED URBAN SCHOOLS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; OPENING PRESENTATION; KARL ZINSMEISTER; PANEL I: FAITH-BASED SCHOOLSAND THE COMMON GOOD; KARL ZINSMEISTER; CHARLES GLENN; JOSEPH VITERITTI; WILLIAM JEYNES; REVEREND FLOYD FLAKE; QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION; SPEECH BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH; Aysia Mayo-Gray; THE PRESIDENT; PANEL II: PRACTICAL REALITIES ON THE GROUND; JAY HEIN; PHYLICIA LYONS; REVEREND JOSEPH O'KEEFE; VERNARD GANT; VIRGINIA WALDEN-FORD; CONCLUSION; Hein; LUNCH PLENARY: EDUCATION OPTIONS AND AMERICA'S CITIES; QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

PANEL III: COMMUNITY SOLUTIONSSCOTT HAMILTON; MARY MCDONALD; TOM TILLAPAUGH; B.J. CASSIN; REVEREND TIMOTHY SCULLY; RABBI DAVID ZWIEBEL; QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION; PANEL IV: PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS; DEPUTY SECRETARY RAY SIMON; ANTHONY PICARELLO; HONORABLE ANTHONY WILLIAMS; RONALD BOWES; LAWRENCE WEINBERG; APPENDIX NOTES; MODERATOR & SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES; The Honorable Karl Zinsmeister; Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House; Charles L. Glenn; Dean ad interim, School of Education and Fellow of the University Professors, Boston University; Joseph P. Viteritti.

Blanche D. Blank Professor of Public Policy and Director, Graduate Program in Urban Affairs, Hunter College, City University of New YorkWilliam Jeynes; Professor of Education, California State University, Long Beach Non-resident Scholar, Baylor University; Reverend Floyd H. Flake; Senior Pastor, Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New YorkPresident, Wilberforce UniversityFormer U.S. Congressman; The Honorable Jay Hein; Director, Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, The White House; Phylicia Lyons; Founder, President and CEO, School Choice Illinois; Reverend Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J.

Dean and Professor of Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston CollegeVernard T. Gant; Director, Urban School Services, Association of Christian Schools International; Virginia Walden Ford; President, Black Alliance for Educational Options, Washington, D.C. Chapter Executive Director, D.C. Parents for School Choice; The Honorable Margaret Spellings; Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; The Honorable Roy Bernardi; Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentFormer Mayor, Syracuse, N.Y.; The Honorable Stephen Goldsmith.

Chairman, Corporation for National and Community ServiceFormer Mayor, Indianapolis, Ind. The Honorable Nancy Grasmick; Maryland State Superintendent of Schools; Scott Hamilton; President, School Risk Management; Mary C. McDonald; Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Diocese of Memphis; Tom Tillapaugh; Founder and Administrator, Denver Street School SystemPresident, National Association of Street Schools; B.J. Cassin; Founder and Chairman, Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation; Reverend Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C.

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