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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. One night after this policy was announced, Belue’s house was egged.

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Institutions for foster kids aren’t doing enough to educate them

The Hechinger Report

The schools too often operate like educational black holes, failing to help kids earn relevant credits. Students complain of being kept on campus when they could be attending neighborhood schools. And government oversight is lacking. By then, however, the school year was wrapping up. Another foster student, M.S.,

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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.