I’ve just read the most depressing article this morning from back in the spring about Detroit’s schools. It tells about how much some families struggle to get their children to school in a??place where school choice policy has run rampant for many years. I can’t imagine having to do any of the things described in […]
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Filed under Satire, for some reason. By Jackson Loudermouth, Reporter for MSEdBlog Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, fresh off signing into law the controversial ???religious freedom??? bill HB 1523, turned his cross hairs from the LGBT community to the public school system. ???We???ve got to do something about the teachers, ok???? Bryant said to the media […]
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By Representative Jay Hughes, special to the blog MS Education Campaign Promises: Fiction vs. Reality: (Disclaimer: Independent thoughts and opinions follow) FICTION: During the battle over Initiative 42 vs. 42A, the incumbent politicians and majority leadership claimed: ???We are for public education ??? We just don???t want ???a single judge in Hinds County??? telling us […]
Read More...Mississippi’s public schools, community colleges and universities are asking for an additional $372 million. ??????????
Read More...GEORGE: Joe, you lived in one of his houses, didn???t you? Well, have you forgotten? Have you forgotten what he charged you for that broken-down shack? Here, Ed. You know, you remember last year when things weren???t going so well, and you couldn???t make your payments. You didn???t lose your house, did you? Do you […]
Read More...It was November, and the people who run things in Mississippi, including those not working out of the offices of ALEC in D.C., were breathing a collective sigh of relief. Voters had narrowly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have forced the Legislature to fund K-12 public education in Mississippi according to its own law, […]
Read More...Parents will get to shop for schools and pick the one that best suits their children. Oh! Look, Honey! This one has an exceptional music program! That one excels in math and science! The drama program at this one is first in the state! But that???s not at all what school choice actually is.
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This Tuesday, as part of “School Choice Week,” Empower Mississippi has organized a rally in Jackson to promote awareness of its chief cause- bringing vouchers and charter schools to our state. MS Ed Blogger Amanda Koonlaba has written about the movement previously, here and here. The pros and cons of school choice should be discussed […]
Read More...State Education Superintendent Carey Wright is hopeful budget cuts won’t impact personnel, education reform efforts. ??????????
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The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents, a strong and consistent supporter of fully funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program formula, has been forced to recalculate its approach to securing education funding mainly because of the political climate created in Jackson. The association, comprised of the 144 district superintendents statewide, is historically a high-profile advocate for […]
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