The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Zach Osborn, teacher at Clinton High School. Board of Education mandated the end of segregated schooling, Mississippi’s children still largely attend schools identifiable by race. Sumner Hill Junior High, now the district’s ninth-grade school, used to be a majority-black school before the district incorporated it into its zone.

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Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

This story about the foster care and education was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Dana Douglas, a Republican Christian Conservative who is “100 percent pro-public education, and I am pro every child” readies to make voter reminder calls on Election Day. It’s about the viability of public education in their community. Anyone with a scowl” who would not look her in the eye was in the other. This is not hyperbole.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In over 20 years, the problem has escalated, according to data from the Mississippi Department of Education. 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.

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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. He says the entire community of Clinton, from parents to educators, invests time and attention to make sure all students can succeed, regardless of their racial background.

Junior High 80

Junior High Economics Public School High School 80

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge. In mid-May, school officials hosted a Zoom version of a King tradition — the class roll call. Read the series.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Yet our reporting has discovered just how difficult it is to educate and train the next generation of nurses. Higher education is falling behind, hospitals are stretched thin and getting through programs can be an arduous journey. She remembers being named valedictorian of her junior high, and as a result winning a scholarship to St.

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Economics Junior High Advocacy Critical Thinking 122

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist presents a Golden Apple Award to Dr. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. According to the most recent available Department of Education figures, Oklahoma spends less money per pupil than all but three states. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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