The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (Interview With Donna Gambrell Begins At 1:22:31 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). For nearly four decades Donna Gambrell has been on the front lines of community development. Helping communities large and small, rural and urban find ways to develop their community’s assets and abilities. Working […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Monday, July 6, 2015. Sometimes, a single listener call can be a bombshell that goes off and galvanizes and impacts the community in many ways. That happened on the July 6 program when “Ladonna” called with the program on an Open Line Day. (Chase Branch Closing Bombshell Starts At […]
EXCLUSIVE FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT! On a day when Federal, State, Local governmental offices and agencies were closed. On a day when no public agencies were holding committee meetings. On a holiday. The IPS School Board again showed their disdain for the public interest and seemingly to hide from media coverage, by scheduling a crucial committee […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Friday June 26, 2015. In his first extended, hourlong media interview, the Republican candidate for Indianapolis Mayor, Chuck Brewer, appeared on Afternoons with Amos. It’s was the first opportunity for many in Indianapolis’ African-American to hear directly from Brewer who he is and why he’s running to become the […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Interview Starts At 2:06 Mark On PODCAST Media Player). IPS Supt. Dr. Lewis Ferebee and Arlington HS Principal Stan Law appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk about the transition of the eastside high school back to IPS control. Both men talked about a community […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST For Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (This Story Begins At 53:48 Mark On PODCAST Media Player) During the school year Afternoons with Amos has reported on the turmoil and violence at George Washington High School on the near westside of Indianapolis. Fights, brawls, fear, a school seemingly out of control. Teachers […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Thursday, May 28, 2015. (At The 53:45 Mark Of PODCAST Media Player). Electric cars and the City of Indianapolis haven’t had been embroiled in controversy from the start. First there was the controversy over the Blue Indy electric car sharing service, where the City wanted electric customers in the […]
JUST ADDED! PROFILE VIDEOS OF WINNING IPS HUBBARD LIFE-CHANGING TEACHERS! Four Indianapolis Public Schools teachers Wednesday night (May 27th) were named recipients of the Hubbard Life-Changing Teacher Award, and each received a $25,000 prize. Recipients were: Ann Mennonno, a first and second grade teacher at Center for Inquiry School 27; Donna Pope-Green, a physical education teacher […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Friday, May 15, 2015 Since April, Afternoons with Amos has provided an opportunity to Black State Senators and Representatives to appear on the third Friday of the month to hear from the community and to share what they and other African-American lawmakers are doing. Senator Greg Taylor and Representative […]
Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Thursday, May 14th. The program dealt with the serious issues of school violence and behavior in the wake of that sharp reaction to that violent fight on video last week. And one of Indy’s major hospital chains announces $230 Million in new construction. (Audio Starts At 09:36 Mark On Media […]
COMPLETE IREAD PASSING SCORES & DATA AVAILABLE BELOW After three straight years of gains among African-American third graders in the state’s mandatory IREAD third grade reading test, scores for African-Americans statewide and in Indianapolis fell in 2015, the fourth year of the test to determine how well Indiana students are mastering reading. This year 68.5% […]
The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Friday, May 8, 2015. Listeners continued to be upset, interested and engaged in the issues of discipline and safety in schools, especially IPS in the wake of the fight video now seen around the world. But Friday’s program also covered other educational issues. (At 02:48 Mark On Media Player). […]
