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"We knew the problem was big,
factory-like schools."
Doug Ross
Making the rounds of classrooms,
Ross introduces Amanda Rosman, a
Birmingham Temple member who
teaches third grade.
"Doug is really inspirational:' says
Rosman, who lives in Detroit and
plans to enroll her own young son
at UPA when he is old enough. "He
really inspires everybody to work
really hard."
'Like A Neighborhood'
Throughout the grade school, two
classes share a set of bathrooms and
coat rooms located between them. "It's
like a neighborhood:' Ross explains.
That's what he's tried to achieve at
the middle and high schools as well
— small clusters of students who
spend at least three hours a day with
their adviser — a certified teacher
responsible for directing each stu-
dent's learning process based on his
or her abilities and interests.
Middle and high school students
spend part of their school week
interning at Detroit businesses, from
architectural firms to restaurants to
newspapers. "It's the best way to teach
the mainstream culture:' Ross says.
Asked to recount a memorable
student, Ross brings up "a kid named
Patrick:'
"He was pretty much homeless.
When he didn't show up for school, we
went looking for him. We found him
in an abandoned house on the east
side."
Patrick graduated in 2007. "He's
completed firefighter training at
Henry Ford Community College and
has an offer of a full ride at Oakland
University, which I don't know if he'll
take;' Ross says.
"There are a lot of stories ..."
And Ross has a story of his own. He
has come full circle since he taught
for a short time in the Detroit Public
Schools after graduating college.
Discovering that his social stud-
ies students couldn't read or write at
grade level, he discarded the text and
wrote a serial that he thought would
teach the material and engage stu-
dents.
When he was evaluated, Ross says,
"The person was appalled. And shock-
ingly, I got fired."
Forty year later, he again is discard-
ing old standards and creating new
ways to teach and engage Detroit stu-
dents.