Voucher pushers can’t seem to get their story straight. It began decades ago when the first wave of state-funded private school vouchers came in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown vs. the Board of Education that public schools must integrate. Segregationists made no bones about the fact that “tuition grants” (vouchers) provided […]
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Mississippi’s public school students and teachers have reached record-setting levels of achievement – again! State student assessment results are in, and they show that Mississippi students are continuing to increase their proficiency rates in English Language Arts, math, and science. Hats off to our terrific public school teachers, students, and parents and the communities that
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Voucher pushers want you to believe that diverting state funds to private schools will create choices for children who don’t currently have them. The data tell us otherwise. In state after state that has implemented voucher programs, the result has been the same: overwhelmingly, vouchers have gone to parents who already were sending their children to
Do school vouchers & tax credits deliver the promised choice? They don’t. Read More »
A message from our executive director…Late last summer, I asked for your help. As always, you came through! We were facing the loss of much of our funding with the closing of our terrific partner, The Barksdale Reading Institute. For the first time, we were relying on our supporters to sustain our vitally important work
Wow! The Difference You Made. Read More »
Mississippi’s public school districts will be fully funded for the 2024-2025 school year – the first time in 16 years that public schools will receive what state law requires! See your district’s funding. Notably, the new Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF) calls for funding each district based on net enrollment rather than average daily attendance, something
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In a 7-2 decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court avoided ruling on the constitutionality of public funds going to private schools. A majority of justices opined that Parents for Public Schools (PPS) failed to show that public schools suffered any harm due to the Legislature’s 2022 appropriation of $10-million in federal pandemic funds for private school infrastructure
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! For thousands of calls, texts, emails, and meetings. For early mornings and late nights. For social media posts and mobilizing family and friends. For standing in the gap for public school children and teachers. You made a difference. And our children, teachers, and public schools will be the beneficiaries.
2024 Legislative Session a Win for Public Schools Read More »
We are almost to the finish line, and most of the measures for which you have advocated have passed the House and Senate, including the conference report for the education appropriation bill (see below). However, we need your continued vigilance on HB 1988 – the Children’s Promise Act, which provides millions of dollars in subsidies
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Today, the Senate passed HB 4130, creating the Mississippi Student Funding Formula to replace the MAEP as Mississippi’s school funding law. The bill now will go to the governor for his signature. The Senate released a projection showing how each district fares under the new plan. See it here. Senate Education Chair Dennis DeBar explained that the bill
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Thank you for your calls on school funding! The House and Senate have come to an agreement on the school funding law that we believe is a good compromise. It includes an objective formula that has components similar to the MAEP as well as increased needs-based funding similar to that proposed by the House. This afternoon,
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