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 SOLUTIONS -- SCOTT 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 York -- William 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 College -- Vernard 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. -- Professor of Political Science and Director and Fellow,Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame -- Rabbi David Zwiebel -- General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, Agudath Israel of America -- The Honorable Ray Simon -- Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education -- Anthony R. Picarello, Jr -- General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops -- Anthony A. Williams -- Chairman, D.C. Children FirstFormer Mayor, District of ColumbiaChief Executive Officer, Primum Public Realty Trust -- Ronald T. Bowes -- Assistant Superintendent for Public Policy and Development, Diocese of Pittsburgh -- Lawrence D. Weinberg.

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