House Speaker Philip Gunn will hold public meetings around the state to get input from Mississippians about issues they would like to see addressed. You are invited to attend a meeting near you. This is a great opportunity to let Speaker Gunn know about the issues that are important to you. The hour-long meetings will take place the week of […]
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The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board held its first meeting on September 19. Butler Snow attorney Tommie Cardin of Clinton was elected chair and realtor Chris Wilson of Laurel was elected vice chair. The board faces a December 1 deadline to issue the Request for Proposals (RFP) for charter school applications but has no budget
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The Parents’ Campaign welcomes Dr. Carey Wright, the State Board of Education’s pick for Mississippi’s state superintendent post. Dr. Wright is currently the CEO of Wright Consulting in Maryland. Her former experience includes service as Chief Academic Officer of the Washington, D.C. school system under former chancellor Michelle Rhee and more than 30 years as
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Student achievement is on the rise in Mississippi! The Mississippi Department of Education has released the 2013 school and school district accountability ratings. Eighteen districts received the state’s highest rating of A, a tremendous achievement for those communities! Congratulations to the students, teachers, principals, superintendents, and parents in these outstanding school districts. More good news: the
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The following are the acronyms used on the accountability results spreadsheet and the full titles for which they stand. QDI: Quality of Distribution Index AYP RLA: Adequate Yearly Progress Reading Language Arts AYP MTH: Adequate Yearly Progress Math AYP OAI: Adequate Yearly Progress Other Academic Indicators HSCI: High School Completion Index AYP RLA: Adequate Yearly
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Title I funds are federal dollars that aim to bridge the gap between low-income students and their more affluent peers. Research has shown conclusively that poverty is the leading indicator of low student achievement, and Title I funds are intended to provide the additional resources required to bring low-income students to a higher level of
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There is overwhelming consensus from national and international experts that the Common Core State Standards are higher, in most cases much higher, than existing state standards. From a formal statement in support of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, issued by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences: • “Building on long years of work,
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Misleading information about the Common Core State Standards has been circulated in Mississippi over the last year. Some of it is based on talking points from groups that have carried out an anti-public schools, privatization agenda in other states. The stated goal of opponents in Mississippi is to pause or halt implementation of Common Core State
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According to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Mississippi’s revenue is coming in well above what the Legislature projected. In fact, House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson thinks the state’s cash balance at the end of this fiscal year could be as much as $300-million – enough to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the coming school year.
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For-profit entities are not allowed to operate or manage charter schools in Tennessee. According to the Tennessee Department of Education: Though a few states allow for-profit entities to operate public charter schools, and many states allow non-profit charter school governing bodies to contract with for-profit entities to operate or manage charter schools, Tennessee law prohibits
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