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  • Editor's Blog

    Weekly roundup: Yes, we can read… and do math

    For all of the standardized testing in schools these days, there’s only one exam that measures student achievement across the entire country. It’s the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is actually a set of exams periodically given to representative samples of students in all 50 states and D.C....

    November 1, 2019
  • Analysis

    Mississippi’s brain drain crisis in 12 slides

    October 12, 2019
  • Analysis

    New Census data, same old story: People keep leaving Mississippi

    Mississippi's net migration loss since 2010 is almost equal to the population of Biloxi, the state's fifth-largest city.

    December 21, 2017
  • Editor's Blog

    Love it or leave it?

    A state representative's abrasive email sheds light on Mississippi's self-destructive mentality.

    March 18, 2016
  • Commentary

    Commentary: Mississippi does not have a state lottery. Let’s keep it that way.

    The benefits are overstated, the costs are underestimated, and there are much better ways to fund essential services.

    January 25, 2016
  • Analysis

    Why doesn’t Mississippi have a lottery?

    It's a simple question that requires a complex answer.

    January 14, 2016
  • Analysis

    Pre-K study shows that Mississippi kids succeed when given a chance

    An analysis of MDE data shows that pre-K attendance can kickstart a positive domino effect that raises the likelihood of long-term academic success.

    September 22, 2015
  • Commentary

    Commentary: How to make $60,000 when schools are underfunded

    Become a lawyer and represent the Legislature when it evades its responsibility to adequately support public schools.

    September 8, 2015
  • Features

    Primary Colors: How Robert Gray’s upset was more than a century in the making

    Mississippi's anachronistic primary system made it possible for a mystery man to win the Democratic nomination for governor.

    August 14, 2015
  • Editor's Blog

    Watch Jon Stewart’s best segments about Mississippi

    Even when 'The Daily Show' hit close to home, it was hard not to laugh.

    August 7, 2015
  • Commentary

    Commentary: The College Board’s dismissal of Dan Jones sets a dangerous precedent

    If you take the IHL Board at their word, the University of Mississippi's educational and social mission is subordinate to the quest for financial returns.

    March 29, 2015
  • Education

    If you want to stand with Dan Jones, here’s what you can do

    Don't take the unjustified firing of Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones lying down.

    March 21, 2015
  • Analysis

    Ten things you should know about Mississippi’s tax cut plans

    Will the Legislature mortgage the state's long-term fiscal health for an election year boost? Check back for updates.

    March 17, 2015
  • "Honest Mississippi"

    ‘My Mississippi, Your Mississippi, and Our Mississippi’

    The following speech by U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves -- Mississippi's second African American federal judge -- has been shared widely since it was read in his courtroom on February 10. The occasion was a sentencing hearing for the perpetrators of a modern-day lynching: the brutal murder of James Craig...

    February 20, 2015
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