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How one Mississippi district made integration work

The Hechinger Report

(The overwhelming majority of these schools, which education experts have defined as “intensely segregated,” received the lowest three ratings on the state’s A-F rating scale, based on factors like student test scores and graduation rates.). Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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

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It’s about the viability of public education in their community. The national infection facing public schooling—the tug-of-war between education professionals and extremist culture warriors—has brought chaos and damage to West Bonner County. This is not hyperbole. But residents suddenly sorted into “for” and “against” factions.

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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. That has translated into significant losses at the local level.

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The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely

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She was still feeling wounded the next morning, as she stood by her sister Taravia’s black Honda Civic. Still, he was held back twice, in fifth grade and again in junior high. “It A 2018 analysis found that roughly half of New Orleans public-school students were retained at least one year.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

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Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist presents a Golden Apple Award to Dr. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. Now the fight is less about how public schools can achieve excellence, and more about how they can survive. “In Related: LA’s school counselors strike back.