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How one Mississippi district made integration work

The Hechinger Report

The research has sparked recent interest as some districts and charter schools experiment with new strategies to integrate schools without resorting to practices like the forced busing that spurred protests among both white and black parents in earlier decades. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

The Hechinger Report

At some high schools, more than half of the classes were taught by uncertified teachers, including nearly 70 percent of courses at West Bolivar High School in Rosedale, and 61 percent at Heidelberg Junior High School in Heidelberg. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi?

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist presents a Golden Apple Award to Dr. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. For most of the past two decades, those battles have been waged primarily among East Coast liberals over standardized testing and charter schools.