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Engage Students with Authentic Learning at Home

Digital Promise

It’s been a huge culture builder at our school; all the students want to be a part of it,” said Sorrells. When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics. Opportunities for Authentic Connections are Everywhere.

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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. A lack of morale and cultural competency.

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The only A-rated, majority-black district in Mississippi

The Hechinger Report

Sumner Hill Junior High is the district’s 9th-grade school. In a district that is about 53 percent black and 39 percent white, children share the same resources, teachers, and the same well-stocked classrooms and school buildings, regardless of their race or economic status. Jackie Mader. CLINTON, Miss. —