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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 […]

We are in a real bind at The Parents’ Campaign. As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we’ve lost a significant portion of our funding since the sunsetting of The Barksdale Reading Institute – enough so that our very existence is threatened.  We are working hard to raise the funding we need with a combination

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

Together, we’ve laid a strong foundation: 15 years of wins for Mississippi students and teachers. It’s time to look ahead to the next 15 years…what do our children need to succeed? When public schools win, we all win. The quality of our public schools drives the quality of our communities. Our teachers, all Mississippians, and most importantly

Today, The Parents’ Campaign is celebrating 15 years of advocacy for Mississippi children and public schools! We’re thrilled at the progress that has been made since our official start on March 31, 2006. Beginning with concerned moms chatting around a kitchen table, The Parents’ Campaign grew quickly, bringing parents, grandparents, educators, and community, faith, and

Ready for the best year yet! Mississippi public school teachers are welcoming students back to class, excited, focused, and ready to “raise the bar!” Our amazing teachers and administrators have worked hard through the summer, preparing to lead our children through another great year of growing and learning.Local businesses and churches are stepping up, donating

Legislators have been told that MAEP revamp numbers are coming this week, according to sources in the House and Senate. Some say that only “select legislators” will see the data, maybe as early as tomorrow (Tuesday). Everyone involved should take note of the red flags listed below. Speculation is that the leadership is counting votes to determine whether or

Yesterday’s news underscores the importance of August 4 for public education – the day of the primary election, when some of our most important legislative seats will be decided. You have probably heard by now that House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson summoned state agency heads to the Capitol yesterday in what was clearly a scare

Speaker Philip Gunn’s last-minute tax cut plan is the latest, and most extensive, of the revenue reduction schemes put forth by state leaders in the current session. A plan devised by Lt. Gov. Reeves was passed by the Senate yesterday on a vote of 38-9. See how your senator voted here. That plan would pull close