The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

So Belue started a new policy during the 1972-73 school year: students would have to elect one white student and one black student at large to student government, as well as to the homecoming court. It’s better to learn when you’re in an uncomfortable environment,” said Zada Perry, a ninth-grader at Sumner Hill Junior High.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

A recent government survey showed that segregation by race and class in the nation’s public schools is getting worse, not better. As incentive to integrate, the federal government in the ’60s offered emergency dollars to districts whose desegregation plans were approved. One junior high, T.L. Story continues below video.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

And government oversight is lacking. She spent junior high and most of her freshman year at a mid-sized public school, earning A’s and B’s in algebra, her favorite class, and playing on the volleyball team. Anderson said George Junior and the Philadelphia government butted heads over how to care for these kids.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Moten’s grandmother remembers her time at Roberts Vaux Junior High School fondly: the sewing classes, cheering at basketball games and swaying during dances in the gym. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Photo: Kia Gregory for The Hechinger Report. Board of Education decision.

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Museum High School Junior High American History 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

The board is currently reviewing the state’s K-12 health standards, which mention suicide prevention parenthetically. Currently 12 states, including Texas and Vermont, require that education on suicide awareness and prevention be included in the curriculum, according to an email from Gibson. He said kids need more resources.

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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. She made it as an eighth-grader at Tulsa’s Nimitz Junior High School for a project researching career options. Four union members running for state government won their primaries last year.

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