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/2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/ Perspectives on Mississippi's public schools Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.2 /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-4438 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:06:37 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-4438 […] civics. I don’t say that to be snarky. I find the situation appalling, the clear result of forty years of federal meddling with public education; but that, too, is a rant for another time. So, in the interest of making […]

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-2242 Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:53:30 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-2242 […] schools to our state. MS Ed Blogger Amanda Koonlaba has written about the movement previously, here and […]

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-1728 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:45:12 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-1728 […] to Live Beyond the Law: A few words on violence, and politics that no longer understand people The Facts About School Choice- A History (Part 1) The Facts About School Choice- A History (Part 2) St. Louis Schools Continue To Crumble The Numbers […]

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-1617 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:29:23 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-1617 Generally a good summary of the elephant in the room topic of education in Mississippi that everyone keeps trying to tiptoe around. However, I don’t think you do justice to the extent or the ferocity of the massive resistance movement against school intergration. For example, according to historical and journalistic reports, when Black parents first attempted to send their children to the predominantly white elementary school in Grenada in 1966, the children were attacked by an armed mob of about 100 white adults, cheered on by about 400 onlookers as local police stood by.
The fight against equal education was (and in some places still is) deep and bitter. More important, it has resulted, especially in the Delta, in an undermining of the infrastructure, the crippling effects of which persist to this day. I look forward to your second post and more open discussion of how we can heal, reconcile, and restore our schools and our communities.

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-1604 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:30:07 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-1604 Thanks for the insight. I’m looking foward to the next article. I teach in TN, live in MS.

]]> /2015/11/14/koonlaba-the-facts-about-school-choice-a-history-part-1/#comment-1584 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:35:23 +0000 /?p=5799#comment-1584 Wonderful, clear explanation of the road to where we are today. Thank you! Looking forward to your next installation.

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