Digital Promise
MAY 12, 2020
When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics. Luukkonen grabbed his cell phone and drove to the landfill to film a video about the environmental impacts of economic decisions. Opportunities for Authentic Connections are Everywhere.
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. John’s University.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 7, 2024
It’s just so impossible to pay child care with that many kiddos,” said Mountjoy, who works at Parkhill Junior High in Richardson. However, the costs would add up: She was already paying more than $1,200 a month to send one of her kids to day care. So they hesitated. Monroe teaches second grade.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 27, 2021
It also withdrew from the National Merit Scholarship Program, which is based on the preliminary SAT, or PSAT, taken by high school sophomores and juniors. High-scoring students can receive scholarships from the program as well as from participating universities and colleges. “We
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. This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Despite the districts’ strong performance, there seems to be little effort to replicate Clinton and Pearl’s carefully planned racial and economic integration efforts. By the time Morgigno was in junior high school, the town had become more racially diverse, with a population that was about 11 percent black.
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. They’re also extremely successful. Photo: Jackie Mader.
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