High School Junior High Tradition 
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 5, 2023
Sometimes that means looking beyond traditional metrics of success to find other areas where the needle can be moved. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. When faced with adversity, we take one of two paths. The second option is to develop a sense of reluctance to push forward.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2020
Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. He breezily navigates the internet and educational platforms his school uses. MESA, Ariz.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 10, 2019
Marianne Stewart teaches eighth grade English at Lexington Junior High near Anaheim, California. And the 10th grade English-learners benefitting from the program outscored the state average on the high school exit exam by 20 percentage points, according to Olson. One way is by teaching them how to think as they read.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 13, 2019
And it’s almost always designed by adults, few of whom consult with kids before they start mass-producing their products and selling them to schools. Brandon, now 20, dropped out of his high-performing New Jersey high school as a junior. The disconnect is not lost on Brandon Goon.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It can bring traditional textbooks to life by adding interactive elements like videos, models or supplementary information to printed pages. Heather Brantley, an instructional technologist and teacher at a Texas junior high school, recognizes the value of integrating augmented reality tools into her lessons.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 16, 2021
Welcome to Community Lab School, a tiny public charter that is trying to transform the way middle schoolers are taught in the Albemarle School District — and eventually the nation. Traditional middle schools are very authoritarian, controlling environments.” Chad Ratliff, principal of Community Lab School.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
For Johnson, the school was a bid to cultivate the greatness she saw in these local kids, including her own daughters. They were so bright, so eager, and yet if the current statistics held, 25 percent would not graduate from high school. It would, first and last, be better than the schools the area already had.
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