You’ve probably benefited from Gov. William Winter’s education reforms. Now’s your chance to see how they happened.
Watch this trailer for an upcoming documentary about Gov. Winter’s remarkable life and achievements.
How the Common Core literacy standards could have improved this anti-Common Core Facebook post
All Mississippians could benefit from the rigorous new literacy standards.
Four thoughts about disaster and recovery in Mississippi
Monday was Mississippi’s worst day of tornado activity on record. Nearly every part of the state was hit, killing twelve people and injuring dozens more.
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41 percent of Mississippians cannot see this blog post
Or anything online, for that matter.
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Women make $9,800 less than men in Mississippi. In other news, Mississippi is one of five states without a pay equity law.
In honor of Equal Pay Day, Mississippi should resolve to eliminate wage discrimination and other barriers to economic opportunity for women.
Announcing two Mississippi initiatives promoting LGBTQ rights and dignity
LGBT Forward and OUTLaw’s symposium at the UM Law School will bring Mississippi closer to ending discrimination based on sexual difference.
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Mississippi’s child poverty rate is twice as high as Lithuania’s. Why are we OK with that?
Over one in three Mississippi children grow up in households under the federal poverty line. That’s higher than any developed country in the world.
Stop blaming poverty!
Mississippi’s new superintendent of education says, “Poverty is not an excuse.” She’s talking to Mississippi’s leaders, not its kids.
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Four thoughts about hatred, honesty, and Ole Miss (UPDATE)
Like many, I was angered and ashamed that students at my alma mater, the University of Mississippi, disrupted a performance of “The Laramie Project” Tuesday night with gay slurs and other hateful behavior. Here are my thoughts about moving forward.
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