Kudos to Jane Roberts for earning this much-deserved praise in a Letter to the Editor for her coverage of the situation at Ridgeway High School, which had been forced to re-assign a physics teacher to chemistry. That meant students taking physics would have to rely on an online course, but the University of Memphis agreed to collaborate with Memphis City Schools on a solution.
Jill Notowich, a mother of one of the students, took the time to send in a Letter to the Editor. Here is the full link and below is an excerpt:
Jill Notowich, a mother of one of the students, took the time to send in a Letter to the Editor. Here is the full link and below is an excerpt:
This is exactly the force Commercial Appeal writer Jane Roberts took when covering the MCS physics crisis this past week at Ridgeway High School. Her dedication to writing this story started a gradual spreading effect or influence known as the "ripple effect." Thanks to her dedication and perseverance in sharing the story, good came out of a bad situation.
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