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  • Education

    Principal predicts ‘chaos’ if Mississippi drops Common Core

    Enterprise Attendance Center Principal Shannon Eubanks says the suggestion to drop Mississippi’s standards is “political pandering.”

    By admin
    December 15, 2014
  • Analysis

    Report: Mississippi spends $623 less per student than in 2008

    A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that Mississippi ranks among the worst in the country in depth of cuts to school funding since the start of the recession.

    By
    October 23, 2014
  • Analysis

    Mississippi’s black males are twice as likely to drop out as their peers. This is no time to cut back on education funding.

    From 2006 to 2012, the dropout rate for black males in Mississippi schools has been above 20 percent while the dropout rate for all students has declined from 17.6 percent to 13.9 percent.

    By
    September 2, 2014
  • Education

    Sound, fury, and the burden of Mississippi history

    As Faulkner instructs, the past is never dead. But lingering Confederate sympathy among Mississippians – flaring in the wake of the University of Mississippi's diversity and inclusion report – proves that it is often misremembered.

    By Jake McGraw
    August 14, 2014
  • Commentary

    An open letter to Gov. Phil Bryant, re: Common Core

    Commentary: Gov. Bryant claims to be protecting teachers from government intervention, but jamming the brakes at the eleventh hour would amount to an even greater intrustion into the classroom than any promulgated by the Common Core.

    By
    July 11, 2014
  • Education

    The Common Core difference, from a teacher’s perspective

    Common Core gave me the flexibility to teach to my students' individual needs without compromising essential learning goals that ensured they would be ready for college or careers upon graduation.

    By
    July 10, 2014
  • Editor's Blog

    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.

    By Jake McGraw
    July 9, 2014
  • Analysis

    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.

    By Deeneaus Polk, Mississippi Economic Policy Center
    July 1, 2014
  • Editor's Blog

    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.

    By Jake McGraw
    June 27, 2014
  • Analysis

    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.

    By Jake McGraw
    June 23, 2014
  • Commentary

    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.

    By Matthew McLaughlin
    May 7, 2014
  • Commentary

    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.

    By Jake McGraw
    December 17, 2013
  • Commentary

    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.

    By Erika Berry
    December 6, 2013
  • Education

    “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.

    By Jake McGraw
    December 2, 2013
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