Remove Civics Remove Elementary School Remove Junior High
article thumbnail

How one Mississippi district made integration work

The Hechinger Report

The district’s first school board meeting on August 3, 1970, had 19 agenda items, including determining the district’s sick leave policy and finding furniture for the elementary school. The school buildings in the newly added neighborhood became the district’s sixth-grade and ninth-grade schools.

article thumbnail

The (mostly) Republican Idaho moms fighting to reclaim their school district from hard-right conservatives  

The Hechinger Report

Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I After Election Day, headlines in key locales all around the country spoke of moms fighting extremists in local school board races and winning.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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. School board members approved the increase in May.

article thumbnail

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. Related: LA’s school counselors strike back. Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School.