Comments on: Betty X: Shame on Mississippi

By: James Comans

James Comans — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 12:21:42 +0000

The functioning of the market depends on the emergence of winners and losers.
This may be appropriate when selling cars or television sets, but it is not appropriate to assume some of the human children we’re educating are just going to lose out.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:02:23 +0000

Since when has a confederate state chosen to abide by a federal mandate? Sorry MS. I would say “it is what it is” but the fact is – Mississippi is what it WAS.

By: Jay Humphries

Jay Humphries — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:08:01 +0000

Where was this line of thinking when they agreed to fully fund education in the first place, or are we not talking about that?

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:34:39 +0000

Common, you are exactly right, though you will be accused by Bonnie, above, of lacking “critical thinking skills.” In fact, you, like many of us, understand economics; you understand that allotting more and more and more money to the public school system is far less efficient than actually doing the hard work of analyzing the expenses and adjusting, rerouting, or eliminating some disbursements. All of this would be moot if a voucher system were in place, but liberals won’t hear of it.

The market works, and it works perfectly. Let’s let the market work.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:43:00 +0000

I like the way you think. You are so correct about this state.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 11:40:16 +0000

It’s all about power. The Mississippi legislature doesn’t want to give it up and they never will unless we get 42 to live on. I feel so sad that it didn’t pass and so sad that we live in such a backwards State. We’ve just got to keep fighting. I pray that we haven’t heard the last of Initiative 42.

By: Number 9

Number 9 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 04:11:10 +0000

It is untrue that administrative spending is the problem. There is a cap for administrative spending. AND, there are an unprecedented amount of mandates from the Legislature. Who is going to manage those mandates if we rid ourselves of administrators? Teachers? I don’t think our teachers can handle anything else.

By: misti

misti — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:09:13 +0000

After all this do people still believe that the funds will make it tothe class room? This is Mississippi. Everyone knows our educationdollars pay our superintendents and our media tells our teachers that the lack of funds is because of our legislature.

By: Bonnie Crawford

Bonnie Crawford — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:54:07 +0000

The last thing the GOP wants is an educated population, because if kids were truly educated, they would possess critical thinking skills. That, in turn, would be the end of the GOP.

By: Jay Humphries

Jay Humphries — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:09:01 +0000

@ Mike Dryden… Well, since we’ve made some strides since the 60’s, I suppose we should call it a day. Today’s message has been brought to you by the same people that brought you, “Congratulations on doing the least amount of work to keep your job.” Wow!