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02/01/2012 06:17 AM

Education reform: Roosevelt's rise makes case for No Child waiver - OregonLive.com

Education reform: Roosevelt's rise makes case for No Child waiver
OregonLive.com
Given these high stakes, it is right for parents, teachers and others to ask: Will these changes produce better results for students? In Portland, one school is putting the state's reform principles to the test: the Roosevelt High School campus, ...

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01/27/2012 02:03 AM

Graduation rates rise for most Portland high schools - Portland Tribune

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Graduation rates rise for most Portland high schools
Portland Tribune
Most of PPS high schools saw marked gains; two stood out with significant success. Roosevelt High School, now in its second year of using federal school improvement grant money, bumped its four-year graduation rate up 14 percentage points, ...
Ore. graduation rate increases, to 67 percentkgw.com
New numbers show more Oregon students are graduatingKPTV.com
'Unacceptable:' Only two in three Oregon high school students graduate in four ...OregonLive.com

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01/16/2012 06:34 PM

Oregon college students give MLK Day of service at Portland's Roosevelt High ... - OregonLive.com

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Oregon college students give MLK Day of service at Portland's Roosevelt High ...
OregonLive.com
By Anne Saker, The Oregonian Enlarge Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian Sandra Tellez, 23, a student at Portland State University, applies elbow grease Monday to the wads of gum under a desk at Roosevelt High School. Tellez and about 800 students from nine ...
College Students Serve High School In Honor Of MLK DayDaily Astorian

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01/31/2012 08:16 AM

Behind Portland's dropout rate - OregonLive.com

Behind Portland's dropout rate
OregonLive.com
I know it's not me," says Roosevelt High School Principal Charlene Williams, whose school saw a 14 percent jump in graduation rates in one year. "The people doing the hard work are in the classroom, making sure the kids get the work done and have their ...

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01/14/2012 01:24 PM

Roosevelt High School Students Embrace Freedom Rider History - The Skanner

Roosevelt High School Students Embrace Freedom Rider History
The Skanner
16; A formal gathering and reception honoring the participants will be held at Roosevelt High School at 7 pm, Jan. 23. The PBS exhibit is based on the documentary, "Freedom Riders," by filmmaker Stanley Nelson that premiered on PBS's "American ...
Civil rights display at UPCatholic Sentinel

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01/15/2012 07:15 PM

Civil rights stories, in black and white - OregonLive.com

OregonLive.com

Civil rights stories, in black and white
OregonLive.com
Yet, over the past year, the North Portland teens transformed themselves into courageous interviewers, writers and historians. They and a half-dozen other Roosevelt High students sought out and interviewed important Portland-area adults who've made a ...

01/12/2012 02:02 AM

Freedom Riders, writers blaze a trail - Portland Tribune

Portland Tribune

Freedom Riders, writers blaze a trail
Portland Tribune
By Jennifer Anderson Roosevelt High School students Jocelyn Loyd and Jovany Romero interviewed original two Freedom Riders as well as a dozen local Portland activists, whom they named "Freedom Fighters." The resulting exhibit is a project of the ...

01/19/2012 02:15 AM

No longer colorblind - Portland Tribune

Portland Tribune

No longer colorblind
Portland Tribune
At nearby Jefferson High School, the white principal is working with her majority-white teaching staff to be more culturally responsive to the largely black student body. Across town at mostly white Mt. Tabor Middle School, the black principal is ...

01/25/2012 11:02 PM

Hail to the chief: Sally Clark takes on new role as Seattle Council president - The Seattle Times

Hail to the chief: Sally Clark takes on new role as Seattle Council president
The Seattle Times
But it's Clark who has born the brunt of neighborhood opposition to the city's plan to allow six-story buildings across from the historic Roosevelt High School. "We all feel betrayed,"said Diane Haddock of the adjacent Ravenna-Bryant Community ...

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01/23/2012 04:31 PM

United Way King Weekend of Service Inspires Thousands - The Skanner

United Way King Weekend of Service Inspires Thousands
The Skanner
In total, 2874 volunteers participated in the event (the pics on this page are from the United Way event at Roosevelt High School in North Portland). The United Way held projects in locations from Ridgefield, Wash., to Oregon City.

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