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How one Mississippi district made integration work

The Hechinger Report

For the first few years, white students refused to elect black students to the homecoming court and to leadership positions, for example. 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.

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The ‘Katrina-to-Covid Class’: How the coronavirus era affects New Orleans students more acutely

The Hechinger Report

Along with her determination to re-invent herself, she set lofty academic goals: She wanted to become president of Cohen’s student government and be named class valedictorian with a 4.0 Still, he was held back twice, in fifth grade and again in junior high. “It Instead, he just operates with quiet leadership.”.

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The anonymous town that was the model of desegregation in the Civil Rights era

The Hechinger Report

Good leadership and good will” had created a district where “not one school was left with an all-black student body.” A recent government survey showed that segregation by race and class in the nation’s public schools is getting worse, not better. Black and white students shared school leadership positions and leads in the class plays.

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Reluctance to require suicide prevention education could cost lives, but it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

Birkholz believes state leadership is necessary. Both states are rural, offer residents liberal access to guns and prefer state government take a back seat to local authorities, or even better, to individuals. National hotlines can have long wait times and can’t refer callers directly to local resources.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist presents a Golden Apple Award to Dr. Abraham Kamara at Memorial Junior High School. But in an era of bold, no-nonsense school leadership, the standards plan put Gist on the map as a rising star in education. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.