Bracey Harris reports on education in Mississippi for the?The Hechinger?Report, a nonprofit education news service based at Columbia Teachers College.?Her stories illuminate the systemic effects of race and poverty while keeping the spotlight where it belongs — on the children, parents, teachers, and others who have the most at stake....
For all of the standardized testing in schools these days, there’s only one exam that measures student achievement across the entire country. It’s the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is actually a set of exams periodically given to representative samples of students in all 50 states and D.C....
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.
Black students compose half of Mississippi's enrollment but receive 74 percent of suspensions according to a new analysis of federal school discipline data.
If you take the IHL Board at their word, the University of Mississippi's educational and social mission is subordinate to the quest for financial returns.
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