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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

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Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform,” said Logan, an eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. Logan Dubin, eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. MESA, Ariz.

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‘We’re stronger than we’ve ever been’: A Mississippi district shows that integrated schools pay off

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By the time Morgigno was in junior high school, the town had become more racially diverse, with a population that was about 11 percent black. The district began making plans to use Title I funds to help launch a pre-K program. About 35 percent of Pearl’s students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

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These glasses give teachers superpowers

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He is a teacher at Hopewell Junior High School in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Robert Mawhinney, Hopewell Junior High math teacher. As he looked around the room, he saw some students had smiley faces floating above their heads, some had question marks or exclamation points, and a few had Zzzs.

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Beyond basic reading, kids can learn how to think like a good reader

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Marianne Stewart teaches eighth grade English at Lexington Junior High near Anaheim, California. Marianne Stewart, eight-grade English teacher at Lexington Junior High near Anaheim, California. Teachers, though, can help students learn concrete skills to become better readers.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

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1, 1970, Higgins and Clarksdale high schools were merged in the Clarksdale building, and Higgins became an integrated junior high. A junior high principal resigned from the public school to lead it. Schools superintendent Dennis Dupree came to the city 12 years ago, promising innovation.

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How one Mississippi district made integration work

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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. By all of our kids being together, they’re all held to the same standards,” said Beth Raney, president of the Parent Teacher Organization at Sumner Hill Junior High.

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When it comes to student achievement, facilities matter

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Dr. Tom Taylor, assistant superintendent of the school district, said the local tax base raised taxes—for the first time in 12 years—by 4 percent in order to help fund the project. Craig says Schneider did interior lighting at the high school and junior high and upgraded fixtures to reduce water consumption.