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When Growth is the Only Path Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. The culture of learning that Nicki has established at Quest empowers teachers to take risks and actively reflect on their practice.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. 1, 1970, Higgins and Clarksdale high schools were merged in the Clarksdale building, and Higgins became an integrated junior high.

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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. The lifelong honors student, now on the verge of her final year at Mississippi State University in Starkville, says she wasn’t aware her high school had a black majority while she was there. Jackie Mader. CLINTON, Miss. —

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

The Hechinger Report

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. I got a superintendency without having to go through the traditional process of doing it.” It’s about the viability of public education in their community.