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.
Is Mississippi providing financial aid for traditional and non-traditional students alike?
Mississippi only allocates 15 cents of every financial aid dollar on the basis of need, while other states designate 71 cents per financial aid dollar.
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.
Fifty years after Freedom Summer, Mississippi education remains separate and unequal
More than one-fourth of Mississippi public schools are at least 90 percent black. Another tenth are at least 90 percent white. And, just as in 1964, students in those identifiably black schools receive an inferior education.
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Mississippi’s Tomorrow: New approaches to entrepreneurship, STEM education are key
Mississippi ranks 46th in business creation and 49th in STEM professionals. Educational reforms are needed to make Mississippi’s economy more dynamic and innovative.
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Commentary: Gov. Bryant’s education decree is both meaningless and irresponsible
Instead of taking opportunity to educate the public about the state-adopted Common Core standards, the governor chose duplicity.
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To succeed, Mississippi’s school leaders need the flexibility to fail (and try again)
Several schools have implemented new research showing that character strengths such as determination and resilience are better predictors of life success than mere intelligence. Mississippi’s education decision-makers should adopt the same values when tackling the state’s education challenges — first by promoting innovative, high-capacity school leadership.
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“We?re tired of you saying that you don?t have money for our public schools”: Talking education with MAE President Joyce Helmick and NEA Secretary-Treasurer Becky Pringle
Helmick and Pringle sat down with Rethink Mississippi and The Hechinger Report to discuss ways to increase funding for Mississippi’s schools and teachers, as well as Common Core, Pre-K, and the unique challenges of rural schools.
Survey: Mississippi kids unprepared for kindergarten
More than 40 percent of students in Mississippi are not ready for kindergarten, according to the results of a survey released by Mississippi KIDS COUNT.
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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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