Direct Instruction Drives Houston School’s Promise and Controversy
At Mabel Wesley Academy in a poor Houston neighborhood, the DRILLS method directs class focus from vowel sounds to world capitals as 1,060 pupils excel on Stanford 9 reading. Advocates credit its structured, practice-heavy approach for success, while critics warn it stifles curiosity and risks “rat psychology” in minority children.
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Houston
Mabel Wesley
Baltimore
Chicago
Broward County
Fla
Utah
Thaddeus S. Lott
Wesley
Lott
Kenneth $. Goodman
University of Arizona
Abdelsayed
Mary Abdelsayed
Tarz Carper obituary and Ida Bethel notices in Odessa
Obituary notices honor W L Tarz Carper a longtime Odessa resident Marine veteran and Phillips Petroleum supervisor with military honors planned. Ida Bethel dies at 89 in Odessa survived by two children six grandchildren and six great grandchildren with funeral at First Presbyterian Church.
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Ida
Okay
Okla
Rufus Daniel
Littie Zachery Daniel
Bethel
Okay High School
Northwest Oklahoma University
Ardmore
Howard Bethel Sr
Wagoner
Oklo
Odessa
First Presbyterian Church
Eastern Star
Bernice Johnson
Laura Breece
Muskogee
Okia
Jep Daniel
Seminole
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
A.R
Happy Dyer
A.M. ‘Slim’ Gabrel
George Kelton
Tuffy Overturff
Charlie Hanks
Henry Teague
Pete Dublin
Ralph Muns
Johnny Bassett
Memorial notices from Odessa Texas obituary notices
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for Alexandria Elizabeth Webb Adelaida Machuca Lewie Montgomery list services burial locations and survivors setting and dates. Includes St John s Episcopal Church Odessa St Joseph Catholic Church Sunset Memorial Gardens Rosehill Cemetery Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel and memorials to the Alzheimer s Association with survivors parents spouses children and extended family named.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Laura Deaderick
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Jacob Andrew Webb
Odessa
R.F
Pat Brown
Drenda Webb
Lilly Eddings
Edna Brown
Alice Mitchell
Emily Brown
Sonya
Lyn Mitchell
San Angelo
Tammy
Tony Leonard
Lamesa
Robert Webb
Alexandria
Adan Machuca
Pecos
Alberto Machuca
Valente Machuca
Senida Lopez
Cecilia Mendez
Celia Soto
Women’s Catholic Organization
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Faraily Hospice
Lewie Montgomery
Hubbard-Kelly
Lewie
Mount Ida
Ark
Iwana “Pinkie” Cowley
Smackover
Arkansas
Lewie Montgomery Trucking Company
David Montgomery
Betty Dowell
Joan Braden
Philip N. McLarty
Alzheimers Association
W. Wall
Suite 306
Midland
Texas
Death notices from Monahans Lawton andrews areas
Bob Bowden 70 of Monahans retired rancher died May 30 1998 services at First United Methodist Church Monahans burial Monahans Memorial Cemetery survivors include wife Charlene Bowden daughters Lu Anne Hostler Sue Ebien Lamm Barbara Lynn Peifer brother Jack Bowden sister Frances Weaver four grandchildren Susie Dial 92 of Lawton retired teacher died May 29 1998 services at Bearden Methodist Church burial Moss Hill Bearden Ark survivors son Keith Dial Elsie Green 68 Andrews died May 29 1998 services pending Permian General Hospital Andrews McNett Funeral Home.
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Monahans
Bob J. Bowden
First United Methodist Church
David Snyman
Monahans Memorial Cemetery
Harkey Funeral Home
Corsicana
Lawton
Okla
Susie B. Riggan Dial
Bearden Methodist Church
Bearden
Ark
Moss Hill Cemetery
Benton Funeral Home
Cooney
Arkansas Education Society
Keith Dial
Andrews
Elsie Green
Permian General Hospital
McNett Funeral Home
Webb Infant Elizabeth Webb dies in May services forthcoming
Elizabeth Webb reports the infant Elizabeth Webb daughter of Johnny and Elizabeth Webb died Thursday May 28 1998 in Odessa Alexandria area. Funeral services are scheduled for 3 p.m. local time with arrangements to be announced.
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Odessa
W.L. Carper
Tarz
Heaven
Medical Center Hospital
Jesus Christ
William Carper
Dennis
Kan
McCune High School
McCune
Home Hospice of
West Texas
Make
Odessa — Alexandria
Elizabeth Webb
Johnny
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Churia
Japan
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
VFW
Senior Citizens Group
Mae Carper
Larry
Brian Carper
David Henry
Victory Temple Church
Ida Bethel
Alexandria Elizabeth Webb
Adelaida Machuca
Luis Zepeda
Rosehill Cemetery
Miss Machuca
Saragosa
Euchastist Committee
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FDIC
Big Spring
Donna Porter
Frontier Galleries
East 8Th Street
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Bill D. Madden
L.P.T
P.C
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Carol Sabin
Sam Houston
Dad
Marilena
Robert & Felipa Luera
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Mason
Judie
Carla Crete Ces Ch
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Richard Lowery
Jackie Kemp
Michael Munguia
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