Civics Education Junior High 
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 18, 2016
Zach Osborn, teacher at Clinton High School. Board of Education mandated the end of segregated schooling, Mississippi’s children still largely attend schools identifiable by race. Sumner Hill Junior High, now the district’s ninth-grade school, used to be a majority-black school before the district incorporated it into its zone.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
In over 20 years, the problem has escalated, according to data from the Mississippi Department of Education. 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.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge. She was still feeling wounded the next morning, as she stood by her sister Taravia’s black Honda Civic. Read the series.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Dana Douglas, a Republican Christian Conservative who is “100 percent pro-public education, and I am pro every child” readies to make voter reminder calls on Election Day. It’s about the viability of public education in their community. But who they are and why some of them don’t support public education is a more complicated question.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist presents a Golden Apple Award to Dr. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. According to the most recent available Department of Education figures, Oklahoma spends less money per pupil than all but three states. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.
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