Alabama: Politicians Win, Educators Lose
Larry Lee, a close follower of education politics in Alabama and former board member in Montgomery, writes here about an ill-informed decision by Governor Kay...
Category : Mississippi
Mississippi: School Bus Drivers Face Fine, Even Jail, for 2–Day Strike
School bus drivers in Greenville, Mississippi, did not report to work for two days to protest their low wages. Apparently they were unaware that the...
Mississippi: The Shame of a Nation
Mississippi boasts about its gains on NAEP reading scores, but those “gains” were largely the result of holding back students who didn’t pass the third...
The Secret to Mississippi’s “Success” in Fourth-Grade Reading, Revealed by Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Many researchers were amazed to see that the state of Mississippi had a sharp growth in its fourth-grade reading scores. Fortunately, the far-right Thomas B....
An Ongoing Debate about Charter Support Among Black and Latino Families
On November 26, the New York Times published an article that had this headline: ‘Minority Voters Chafe As Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools.’ The point of...
Jim Hood: Don’t Give Up on Mississippi
Jim Hood lost the race for governor in Mississippi but he gave it all he has. He gives hope that Mississippi might one day not...
Mississippi: Pastor Speaks Out for Public Schools!
Reverend Dawn Douglas Flowers of Madison, Mississippi, speaks out on behalf of public schools and the newly formed Pastors for MS Children. Writing in...
Mississippi: Teacher Activism Is Making Red State Governor Races Competitive
Bracey Harris writes in The Hechinger Report that teacher activism is making the governors’ races in red states competitive. This is great news. Paula...
Hate Hate Hate in America Today
Three students at the University of Mississippi posed with rifles at a memorial to Emmett Till, a Black boy who was murdered by vigilantes...
Mississippi: State Government Is Acting Like the Feds, Trampling Local School Districts
One of my friend’s in Mississippi sent this column by Bill Crawford in Meridian. Crawford says the Governor and Legislature regularly complain about federal...