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. Authentic leadership is being honest and vulnerable about where you are to help others get to where they need and want to be to succeed. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah.

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Junior High Cultures Leadership Tradition 472

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

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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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.

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EdTech Junior High Geography Critical Thinking 129

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas, dozens of taxpayer-funded public charters enroll far more white students than any of the traditional public schools in their areas. 1, 1970, Higgins and Clarksdale high schools were merged in the Clarksdale building, and Higgins became an integrated junior high.

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Charter School History Library Public School 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

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

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In mid-May, school officials hosted a Zoom version of a King tradition — the class roll call. Then Jarrin met a mentor, Jonny Bartlett, the principal of KIPP Leadership Academy middle school and the varsity baseball coach at the nearby KIPP high school, now Frederick Douglass. Instead, he just operates with quiet leadership.”.

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High School Middle School Junior High History 124

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. 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.

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