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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Accessible facilities, ongoing professional development, and family involvement are vital components. During a recent coaching visit as part of ongoing work with Quest Academy Junior High School, I witnessed a co-taught experience that was implemented exceptionally well.

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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

This means looking at key practices such as Tier 1 instruction, pedagogy, assessment, feedback, differentiation, RTI , real co-teaching , and professional learning to see where there is an opportunity to grow. The above paragraph sets Quest Junior High School apart from many other, if not all, schools across the country and the world.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

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

The Hechinger Report

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. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year. Nonetheless, she was watching.

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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.