Rural schools
Helping rural students thrive
Mississippi had an impressive showing on the Nation’s Report Card this year. But a new report says that drastic change is needed to help the state’s rural students succeed
A major test for would-be teachers will de-emphasize the more difficult math sections
Advocates say the change could help more potential teachers pass, helping schools fill vacancies in communities with shortages
A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South
In rural parts of the South, school choice has long been linked to private segregation academies opened for white families fleeing desegregation and busing. Mississippi’s first rural charter school challenges that legacy, but threatens the struggling traditional public schools most black children still attend
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