The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Then, from the side of the school, the “big kids” came running, spilling from their modular middle school in headphones and hoodies to line up behind the younger children. The pendulum swings on K-8 versus middle schools. Ashley Park PreK-8 principal Joline Adams shows off the new middle school gym.

Middle School 127

Middle School Junior High Elementary School High School 127

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. They didn't want to work in groups.

Cultures 140

Cultures Junior High Middle School Tutoring 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

In a middle school hallway in Charlottesville, Virginia, a pair of sixth grade girls sat shoulder to shoulder on a lime-green settee, creating comic strips that chronicled a year of pandemic schooling. . Traditional middle schools are very authoritarian, controlling environments.” CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —

Middle School 143

Middle School Elementary School Psychology Junior High 143

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.

Junior High 131

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 131

Digital Promise

MAY 12, 2020

When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics. Sorrells asked his middle school math students to demonstrate concepts using everyday objects around their homes; to show transformations, his students used objects from silly putty to sidewalk chalk.

Junior High 133

Junior High Economics Library Middle School 133

Teaching American History

JANUARY 28, 2025

Still, to those orchestrating the integration process, this first year of limited integration succeeded well enough, and plans were made to send other carefully chosen black students into the elementary and junior high schools in September 1965.

Education 59

Education American History Junior High History 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The black community expressed dismay that all symbols of black accomplishment — plaques, citations, trophies, and class pictures — were removed and tossed aside when the all-black Coleman High School was converted into an integrated middle school. Sacrificing Coleman High School.

Middle School 111

Middle School Private School Elementary School Public School 111