If your goal is to spend hundreds of millions of state tax dollars for students to LEARN LESS, Indiana has just the plan for you: VOUCHERS for private school tuition! Lately, a number of states have been busy demonstrating for us why vouchers are such a terrible idea. Here are some takeaways: • Arizona will […]
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A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE PARENTS’ CAMPAIGN: Since our founding, the Barksdale Reading Institute has been a terrific partner and significant funder of The Parents’ Campaign. With the sunsetting of BRI, that funding will cease. For the first time, we must rely on our supporters to help sustain our work. Please join our effort to
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Mississippi public school students and teachers are continuing their march toward excellence! State test scores for the 2022-2023 school year have been released, and the news is good, with the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced reaching an all-time high in every subject. Congratulations and thanks are due our wonderful public school teachers! The
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If you will be unable to go to the polls next Tuesday, and you live in one of the districts listed below, you have until noon Saturday to vote absentee. Next Tuesday, August 29, is an important day in Alcorn, George, Greene, Harrison, Hinds, Madison, and Perry counties, where voters in six Mississippi House Districts
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Mississippi’s Broadband Expansion and Accessibility office (BEAM) is working hard to ensure that all Mississippians have access to high-quality internet service, something that is critical to the success of our school children and teachers, as school resources increasingly are found online. Please help BEAM identify the areas of the state that need improved internet access
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who voted on Tuesday – it was a great day for our children, our teachers, and our public schools! Election 2023 is shaping up to be a good one for public education, but we still have a lot of work to do. A number of primary races resulted in
We really, really need for you to vote in today’s Primary Election! Many important races will be decided in the primary – and we’ve seen what a difference it makes to have public school supporters serving in the Legislature and statewide offices. We’ve experienced the opposite, too. The outcome of today’s election will largely determine what
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Want some evidence that electing public school supporters to the Legislature makes a difference? Read on, and then be sure to VOTE in Tuesday’s primary election. It matters – a lot.You’ve probably seen lots of spin around what is being hailed nationally as the Mississippi Miracle – dramatic improvements in Mississippi’s national ranking in 4th-grade
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Our children need your vote on Tuesday, August 8 – the date of Mississippi’s primary election. Many important races are uncontested in the November general election and will be decided in the primary. If you miss the primary election, you miss your chance to vote in those races. If you will be out of town
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Please go to your calendar right now and mark Tuesday, August 8, with a reminder to VOTE. That’s the date of Mississippi’s primary election for legislative and statewide offices – a critical day for Mississippi’s public schools. Because most of Mississippi’s legislative districts overwhelmingly favor one party or the other, many General Election races are
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