The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Raymond Morgigno, Superintendent Pearl Public School District. Part of that buy-in stems from parents’ approval of the way kids are assigned to schools in this largely working-class central Mississippi town. Clinton is one of only two majority-black school districts in the state to earn an A rating.

K-12 124

K-12 Junior High Elementary School Sociology 124

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.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

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.

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 81

Junior High Economics Public School High School 81

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2023

At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, 53 percent of public schools reported being understaffed, according to the Institute of Educational Sciences. While teacher shortages often get the most attention, shortages among non-teaching staff also disrupt the smooth running of schools. It’s 7:45 a.m. and then I’m done.”

K-12 145

K-12 Junior High High School Psychology 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But now the professional degree that could propel her entire family toward the economic stability they had never known was vanishing from sight. “I They lived in various apartments in the Bronx, where Hernandez excelled in school. She remembers being named valedictorian of her junior high, and as a result winning a scholarship to St.

Economics 124

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 124

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

In January, Rosa Bermudez filled out her “Power Plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology, one of her early assignments from Stansbury Elementary School. The work was among her first in English, and in an American public school. public schools, experts from MPI wrote in a September policy brief.

Junior High 128

Junior High Elementary School Human Rights Public School 128