‘Personalities’ Archives
Rod Paige examines The Black-White Achievement Gap
Q&A with Rod Paige Former U. S. Secretary of Education and Author of The Black-White Achievement Gap Your new book, The Black-White Achievement Gap, calls attention to a national crisis in our classrooms. Why do you view this problem, to quote your subtitle, as “the greatest civil rights issue of our time”? Rod Paige: “In today’s [...]
Why 3 ½ Minutes isn’t Enough Time to Share Your Views on Fox & Friends, Shirl James Hoffman
If you were one of the early risers to catch Fox & Friends on Super Bowl Sunday, you probably saw a segment on faith and football hosted by David Briggs, and I was the guest touting the book Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports (Baylor U Press). National exposure for a book, even at 7:20AM on Super Bowl Sunday, is a welcome [...]
Author Reaches Out to Suffering in Haiti
During a weekend trip to attend his cousin’s wedding in Denver, Gilbert Ahrens’s world changed forever. His wife, Kim, had just given birth to their first (and only) child, and although she was still recovering from her C-section, they used the occasion to introduce their daughter to Gil’s extended family. After leaving the reception [...]
