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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The calls you made to legislators in the 2023 Session – and the relationships you built with them over the last four years – made a tremendous difference! One important result was a significant increase in school funding. Legislators increased funding to school districts by $117-million, bringing us closer to full funding of the MAEP. See
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The next few weeks are extremely important to our children and our public schools. The outcomes of the primary election on August 8 and the general election on November 7 will determine the Legislature’s level of support for public education. Four years ago, Mississippians elected a corps of pro-public school candidates – and it paid
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In the next few months, you will make choices that will have a lasting impact on Mississippi’s public schools. Our children need your votes for pro-public school candidates in the August 8 Primary Election and November 7 General Election. From registering to vote to learning which candidates share your values, this Election Toolkit provides a quick
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to our tireless members for calling, texting, emailing, and meeting with your legislators again and again and again – and to the legislators who took your calls and stood with us in support of our children and our public schools. Though the session was brutal and disappointing on many
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Late yesterday, the House and Senate passed a PreK-12 funding bill that increases the public school appropriation by $117-million over the current year. The agreement leaves public schools underfunded by $161-million, a shameful outcome when Mississippi has an extra $1-billion in recurring revenue. House leaders demanded that any additional dollars for public schools be appropriated outside
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