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Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education

Category: Mississippi

The largely poor and rural state of Mississippi suffers from the highest rate of childhood poverty in the country, along with some of the lowest scores on standardized tests. A legacy of racism and segregation are among the roadblocks that keep the children of Mississippi from reaching their full potential.

Posted inElementary to High School

COLUMN: Weary but energized, students in conservative states mobilize around Roe v. Wade leak

by Liz Willen May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

When 16-year-old Brennan Eberwine read the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week that could put an end to legal abortion, the high school junior in Louisville, Kentucky, did something that’s been a part of his life since eighth grade.   He protested. “I have a deep pit […]

Posted inRace and Equity

In the shadows: The orphans Covid left behind

by Rita Omokha December 15, 2021December 22, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: How targeted federal action could finally chip away at the broadband racism faced by Black students

by Dominique Harrison November 24, 2021February 9, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

States’ urgent push to overhaul reading instruction

by Christina A. Samuels November 10, 2021November 11, 2021
Posted inRace and Equity

OPINION: Banning critical race theory ignores truths all students must hear

by Charles Prickett October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Predatory for-profit colleges must be stopped. States should help make that happen

by Neal Hutchens and Frank Fernandez October 18, 2021October 13, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

by Kymyona Burk and Maria Murray September 30, 2021September 23, 2021
Posted inRace and Equity

‘Protect my babies’: Parents desperate for safe school options as the virus surges

by Kelsey Davis Betz September 27, 2021February 9, 2022
Posted inSolutions

Can patriotism and criticism coexist in social studies?

by Kelly Field May 28, 2021May 27, 2021
Posted inOpinion

OPINION: Sorry, Sam Zell, college students absolutely need those stimulus checks

by Christine Dickason and Cara DeLoach March 15, 2021March 10, 2021

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