Articles Archive for August 2009
From NewsOK:
Read the full story »Oklahoma City’s U.S. Grant High School could face sanctions because of its failure to meet education standards.
U.S. Grant is one of 42 schools in the state on this year’s needs improvement list.
The school is in the Year Four category, meaning it could be subject to restructuring. [...] Schools are placed on the list for not meeting adequate yearly progress, which is based on math and reading scores, percent of students taking state exams and graduation rate for high schools or attendance rate for other schools.
From The Tulsa World:
Read the full story »Tulsa International Airport is one of 10 additional airports across the country selected to receive stimulus dollars for a state-of-the-art baggage system, but officials said Thursday final details were not available.
Alexis Higgins, the airport’s director of marketing, said officials have not been provided with details on how much federal money will be provided for the project.
Earlier, officials submitted figures indicating the project would cost $5.5 million with the federal government picking up all but $512,480.
From The Tulsa World:
Read the full story »Oklahoma’s tougher testing standards led to significant decreases in student proficiency rates in reading and math on Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests for third- through eighth-graders statewide.
A Tulsa World analysis shows that decreases in reading proficiency ranged from 12 percentage points among the state’s third-graders to 22 percentage points among fifth-graders. Math proficiency decreases ranged from 7 percentage points among seventh-graders to 29 percentage points among fourth-graders.
From The Associated Press:
Read the full story »A federal judge says the state of Oklahoma is entitled to a jury trial for a part of its civil lawsuit against Arkansas poultry companies. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell ruled Wednesday that a jury could determine whether the companies are liable for civil penalties under one of the state’s anti-pollution laws.
From The Oklahoma Gazette:
Read the full story »The anonymous tipster had interesting news for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry officials. There was a tinhorn dumping who knows what into the Oklahoma River near the Oklahoma National Stockyards and surrounding industrial property. A tinhorn is another name for a steel culvert, or pipe.
From The Journal Record:
Read the full story »On a simple bridge in a quiet backyard, a Rwandan and an Oklahoman take a moment to reflect on their journey.
“We have a great relationship,” said Angie Hendricks, president and chief executive of Bentley Hedges Travel Services in Oklahoma City. “But I think it takes a lot of trust with each other, and that trust will allow us to go forward.”
Angie Hendricks and Nadia Keza are two women who live worlds apart but were brought together on the principle that business can create peace. The Oklahoma City-based Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women touts the idea that women are the key to development through emerging economies. The institute’s Peace through Business program is designed to provide long-term business education to women entrepreneurs in Rwanda and Afghanistan.
