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Author Archives: Sierra Mannie

Sierra Mannie is a freelance writer. She was previously an education reporting fellow for the Hechinger Report and the Jackson Free Press. She is a 2016 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a BA in Classical Studies with an emphasis in Latin. Her past work has been featured at publications such as TIME.com, QZ.com and the Daily Mississippian. She is a native of Canton, Mississippi.

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Sinking to knees, Mrs Mamie Bradley weeps as body of slain son, Emmett Louis Till, 14 arrives at Chicago Rail Station.
Posted inElementary to High School

Mississippi’s darkest days on display in new museums

by Sierra Mannie November 19, 2017October 21, 2020

JACKSON, Miss — She didn’t want him to go, but Mamie Till-Mobley put her 14-year-old baby on a train to Mississippi in 1955 to visit his relatives, anyway. A week later, she got him back: gargled down and spat up by the Tallahatchie River. What happened to Emmett Till was brutal, but the tragedy has […]

An exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Students around the state say education on the Civil Rights Movement is lacking in schools.
Posted inElementary to High School

Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

by Sierra Mannie October 1, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

The only A-rated, majority-black district in Mississippi

by Sierra Mannie July 12, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inNews

Who should be in charge of licensing Mississippi’s teachers?

by Sierra Mannie December 22, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School, Higher Education, Mississippi, News, The South

Mississippi governor named chairman of national education center

by Sierra Mannie December 7, 2016April 8, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

Mississippi raises the bar students have to meet to pass third grade

by Sierra Mannie November 30, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

No guns or grown-ups allowed: Students solve their own problems with mediation

by Sierra Mannie November 30, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Can a private consultant fix funding in Mississippi?

by Sierra Mannie November 28, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

In segregated classrooms, students struggle to understand a Trump victory

by Sierra Mannie November 16, 2016October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Mississippi expands early childhood education

by Sierra Mannie November 15, 2016October 21, 2020

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