Early Childhood

REAL TALK 2021

Early Childhood, Privatization, School Funding, Student Achievement /

REAL TALK 2021 Sen. Angela Turner Ford (Chair, MS Legislative Black Caucus), Rep. Robert Johnson (House Minority Leader), and Sen. Derrick Simmons (Senate Minority Leader) discuss education issues being debated in the Mississippi Legislature. Sen. Nicole Boyd and Rep. Clay Deweese discuss their dyslexia legislation. Education Committee Vice-chairs Sen. David Blount and Rep. Kent McCarty

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Mississippi Growth and Prosperity

Early Childhood, Privatization, School Funding, Student Achievement /

Can Mississippi make a hard turn toward growth, prosperity? by Nancy Loome Mississippians, especially young college-educated Mississippians, have been voting with their feet against our state’s status quo. The Magnolia State was one of only three in the country to lose population in the last 10 years, according to just-released U.S. Census data. The discussions

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Early Childhood

Early Childhood, Student Achievement /

Early Childhood State-funded Pre-k in Mississippi Background: in 2013, the Mississippi Legislature for the first time dedicated state funding to pre-kindergarten programs through the Early Learning Collaborative Act. Under this act, state funds are provided to local communities to establish, expand, support, and facilitate the implementation of high quality early childhood education through collaborations between

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Policy Issues

Charter Schools, Early Childhood, Privatization, School Funding, Student Achievement, Teacher Compensation /

Policy Issues Explore Issues Affecting Public Schools School Funding Privatization Student Achievement Early Childhood Charter Schools COVID-19 Issues Affecting Public Schools The Parents’ Campaign Research & Education Fund focuses on policy issues that affect the quality of education provided to children in Mississippi’s public schools. By tracking and interpreting changes, improvements, and outcomes related to public school initiatives

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