The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

The research goes back and forth, and the districts go back and forth, but they’re not always thinking about how to create the conditions for success.” The research comparing outcomes of students at K-8 and middle schools remains inconclusive. But it quickly became clear that the junior highs weren’t living up to their promise.

Middle School 127

Middle School Junior High Elementary School High School 127

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

Eliminating the test requirement can raise the numbers of low-income and first-generation students and those from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups without affecting graduation rates, according to research conducted in collaboration with the National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC.

Junior High 129

Junior High Tutoring High School Economics 129

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. Tyler Mckenzie, 18, is a senior at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. Today, about 28 percent of residents are black and 4.5 percent are Hispanic or Latino.

K-12 119

K-12 Junior High Elementary School Sociology 119

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2024

Child care for school employees has trickle-down benefits for students, said Van-Kim Lin, an early childhood development researcher at nonprofit Child Trends. It’s just so impossible to pay child care with that many kiddos,” said Mountjoy, who works at Parkhill Junior High in Richardson. So they hesitated.

Junior High 113

Junior High Teaching Education Economics 113

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.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2023

“Teachers can do only so much, so paraprofessionals are the bridge for students to receive the individualized services they need,” said Ritu Chopra, executive director of the Paraprofessional Resource and Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver. In high school, another aide helped her prepare for the ACT. It’s 7:45 a.m.

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 More than one in five college students are parents , according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and some 42 percent of them attend community colleges.

Economics 117

Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 117