The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

These concerns, coupled with crowding in primary schools — the result of an influx of new immigrants — led to the creation, starting around 1910, of standalone “junior high schools” for seventh through ninth graders. But it quickly became clear that the junior highs weren’t living up to their promise.

Middle School 130

Middle School Junior High Elementary School High School 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

And white and well-off students from better-resourced high schools and with greater access to private tutoring score better on these tests, according to ACT and the College Board — which administers the SAT — themselves. Black enrollment has grown but remains at little more than 2 percent.

Junior High 131

Junior High Tutoring High School Economics 131

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Angie Rawls, choral director at Pearl High School in Mississippi, leads students in a vocal exercise. On the first Wednesday of December, the stage risers were out and the backlights were on as the women’s choir rehearsed in the Pearl High School Performing Arts Center. Photo: Sarah Warnock/The Clarion Ledger.

K-12 123

K-12 Junior High Elementary School Sociology 123

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. Zach Osborn, teacher at Clinton High School.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Barton teaches English full-time at Clarksdale High School. Not long after Cortez Moss accepted the job as principal of Quitman County Middle School in 2016, he realized that his first months would be devoted nearly entirely to teacher recruitment. Kaitlyn Barton teaches English at Clarksdale High School.

Charter School 108

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 108

The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2017

Sumner Hill Junior High is the district’s 9th-grade school. Educators in Clinton say having grade-based schools has helped the district remain integrated. In 2016, half of all black students in Mississippi attended school in a district rated D or F; 86 percent of the students in those districts were black.

Junior High 80

Junior High Economics Public School High School 80

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2023

She was diagnosed with dyslexia in fourth grade, and couldn’t read until junior high, when she received reading intervention and worked one-on-one with a paraprofessional. In high school, another aide helped her prepare for the ACT. NAPERVILLE, Ill. She’s even begun saving for the future. “I It’s 7:45 a.m.

K-12 145

K-12 Junior High High School Psychology 145