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School district officials say a duplex built next to West Tallahatchie High School is not a recruitment tool they can use.
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, Rural Education, The South

For rural districts, housing not enough to attract teachers

Avatar photo by Monique Harrison-Henderson September 27, 2015February 9, 2022
In this 2013 photo, students at a Hazlehurst Elementary School preschool classroom work on an activity during class time. The Hazlehurst School District has struggled with teacher turnover for years.
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

In Mississippi, best teachers don’t go where they are needed most

Avatar photo by Monique Harrison-Henderson September 27, 2015October 21, 2020
Marjada Tucker, 19, is a Rice University sophomore who started a summer program in her hometown of Starkville, Mississippi, to prepare students for college.
Posted inHigher Education, Mississippi, News, The South

A 19-year-old college student comes back to give hometown students a better chance

Avatar photo by Nick Chiles September 6, 2015April 8, 2021
A student in Lynn Chapman’s kindergarten class works on a workbook lesson about height.
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

Can 5-year-olds in Mississippi conquer the Common Core?

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader July 4, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, Mississippi, News, The South

Mississippi to open first early college program styled after schools in North Carolina

Avatar photo by Kayleigh Skinner May 31, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

Mississippi district’s black students make up a third of enrollment, but half of all suspensions

Avatar photo by Sarah Butrymowicz April 28, 2015October 21, 2020
Glenn Farmer watches students play at Education Depot, which opened in 1997. The center needed extensive upgrades when Farmer took over.
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

Why is ‘high quality’ so elusive in Mississippi’s child care centers?

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader April 5, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

Do you know how your childcare center is doing? Why it’s hard to find out

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader April 5, 2015October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

At new Mississippi charter school, students will learn to speak computer

Avatar photo by Kayleigh Skinner March 1, 2015October 21, 2020
Hannah Sacco reads to her students at the Nashville Academy of Computer Science.
Posted inElementary to High School, Mississippi, News, The South

Mississippi has never had a charter school before. Here’s what to expect next year:

Avatar photo by Kayleigh Skinner March 1, 2015October 21, 2020

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