Your vote on Tuesday could have a dramatic impact on our children’s futures! When it comes to teacher pay, school funding, special education services, access to quality pre-k, keeping public funds in public schools, and more, the stakes are incredibly high, and recent history is likely to provide a more accurate picture of some candidates’ […]
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Researchers at two universities teamed up with the Albert Shanker Institute to determine what it would cost individual school districts across the country to bring their students to the national average in student achievement. They considered things like cost of living, poverty rates, labor costs, and enrollment to figure the total estimate, then compared that
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Your vote on November 7 could have a dramatic impact on our children’s futures. Have you made your plan to vote? Mississippi’s coffers are flush with hefty financial reserves, so it’s more important than ever to elect folks who believe that our public schools deserve adequate funding, that public funds should be restricted to accountable
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Public schools – and your pocketbook – are on the ballot in November, and your vote could make the difference! Among the hottest topics being discussed by legislators and candidates are PERS and school funding. The PERS board is sounding an alarm, telling legislators that additional funding will be needed to shore up the state’s
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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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