Tag: education

Washington Post

Mold blamed for illnesses, lawsuits and millions in maintenance

This story appeared on the AP national wire and ran on Page A09 of The Washington Post. The Washington Post December 1, 2002 Sunday Final Edition Schools Learning New 4-Letter Word; Mold Blamed for Illnesses, Lawsuits and Millions in Maintenance BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Associated Press SECTION: A SECTION; Pg. A09 LENGTH: 724 words DATELINE: NASHVILLE To protest a menace in their school, nearly 1,000 students at East High School … Continue reading Mold blamed for illnesses, lawsuits and millions in maintenance

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Oklahoman

Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources

Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; LENGTH: 2410 words Bullets fly on television and at the movies, subjecting viewers to scenes of serious violence every four minutes, a recent study found. Certain video games let consumers get in touch with their “gun-toting, cold-blooded murderer side,” as one advertisement put it. “Kill your friends, guilt-free,” declared another. Some … Continue reading Violence: Who’s to blame? Society looks at media, entertainment sources

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Oklahoman

A choice, but for whom?

A choice, but for whom? BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Griff Palmer, Staff Writers SECTION: NEWS; LENGTH: 2948 words Just as private schools have always done, Oklahoma City’s newest public schools have become a haven for the wealthy and well-educated, a study by The Oklahoman has found. The numbers suggest that the district’s 5-year-old school choice movement – which has coincided with the dismantling of court-ordered desegregation – has produced … Continue reading A choice, but for whom?

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Oklahoman

GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 16, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2237 words Americans like fast food. They zip in the drive-through and zip out. To hear many educators tell it, Americans like fast grades, too: “Give me straight A’s but hold the mental sweat and … Continue reading GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks

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Oklahoman

Choice Challenging Schools’ Status Quo

Choice Challenging Schools’ Status Quo BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2282 words Without financial help, Andrea Johnson never could afford to send her sons to True Vine Christian School. A private scholarship program, benefiting families who qualify for food stamps, covers half her sons’ tuition. Still, the northeast Oklahoma City woman struggles to pay her share: $ 162.50 a … Continue reading Choice Challenging Schools’ Status Quo

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Oklahoman

Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) June 28, 1998, Sunday CITY EDITION Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2604 words DATELINE: CASTLE ROCK, Colo. At a supermarket-turned-schoolhouse just off Interstate 25, moms and dads wage war in a 1990s-style American revolution. Like many parents in this booming Rocky Mountain town, rebel mom Jill Hendrix Denton grew frustrated with public education – at … Continue reading Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try

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Oklahoman

City, Little Rock Were Desegregation Battlegrounds Historic Central Draws Elite

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) August 24, 1997, Sunday CITY EDITION City, Little Rock Were Desegregation Battlegrounds Historic Central Draws Elite BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1629 words DATELINE: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. At Principal Rudolph Howard’s high school, contrasts abound. Howard’s 1,800-student school serves, in his words, the poorest of the poor and the richest of the rich, the worst of the worst and the best … Continue reading City, Little Rock Were Desegregation Battlegrounds Historic Central Draws Elite

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