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Commentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric

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My Mississippi: Delta Dojo

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

Read the fine print on special education vouchers

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

Mississippi leads south in black student suspensions

Subcategories: Pre-K School Discipline Special Education

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

Why doesn’t Mississippi have a lottery?

Mississippi’s SNAP Trap

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Commentary: Why I joined the nationwide fast food strike

To rebuild after a storm, focus on building assets before it hits

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

Subcategories: Budget Child Well-Being Economic Development Jackson Lottery Opportunity Poverty The Sad State of Opportunity Workers' RIghts

Healthy food, healthy children, healthy future

Mississippi’s unfilled prescription

Mississippi’s leaders thought welfare recipients were on drugs. They were wrong.

Op-Ed: Toasting the demise of SB 2767

To reduce unplanned pregnancies, focus on older teens and young adults

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These are the countries with lower infant mortality rates than Mississippi

Subcategories: Food Food Security Healthcare Reform Medicaid Expansion Teen Pregnancy

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If you watch only one online video today, make sure it’s this one

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‘The Rule of Law’: An immigration attorney’s response to Gov. Bryant’s comments on unaccompanied minors

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Mississippi has changed since Freedom Summer. The struggle for justice and equality has not.

Reducing racial disparities in our prisons: What can Mississippi learn from other states?

Racial disparities in incarceration are getting worse. It’s time Mississippi took notice.

Subcategories: Prisons

My Mississippi: The state flag is racist – and unoriginal

Commentary: A call for a more careful use of rhetoric

My Mississippi: On being black and ready to die

My Mississippi: Reading Ms. Welty after HB 1523

My Mississippi: A setback and a sigh

Mississippi leads south in black student suspensions

Subcategories: Faith LGBTQ Equality Politics Race & Racism Race Relations Sex & Identity Sports Symbols

My Mississippi: A setback and a sigh

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Love it or leave it?

LeBron is going home. Mississippians should, too.

We all love Mississippi, so why don’t we like living here?

Mississippi must develop educated cities to achieve sustainable growth

Should Mississippians hunt deer or rabbits? What game theory can tell us about brain drain

Analysis
Read the fine print on special education vouchers
Special needs students are legally entitled to free, appropriate public education services. In order to accept one of Mississippi's new $6,500 vouchers, they must waive that right – with potentially costly consequences.
By Jeremy Eisler, Mississippi Center for Justice
September 18, 2015

William Winter institute. All rights reserved. 2015.