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Legislative Session 2021
Did the dog eat MDE’s homework?
In early June 2020, the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) issued a scathing seventeen page report on the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and it appears MDE may need to repeat the last eleven years.
State Auditor’s Education Report on Outside-the-Classroom Spending
A report by State Auditor Shad White states that Mississippi taxpayers are spending more for administrative costs for K-12 education than neighboring states.
BPF Book Review | Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
The power to ping and ding devices has turned smartphones into weapons of mass distraction.
Charter Schools in Jackson
A case before the Mississippi Supreme Court brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 2014 could determine whether public charter schools can continue to survive.
Mississippi Taxpayers Are Spending More To Educate Fewer Students
The debate on school funding is always based on the amount, but too often, where that money is going is not considered by the pro-increase side. A recent analysis shows that Mississippi taxpayers are spending more to educate fewer students.
MDE Teacher Pay Raise Error — A Pattern of Behavior
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has 550 employees, the highest paid state superintendent of education nationally and a budget this upcoming year of $181 million for the department. So why, when asked by the Legislature, couldn’t MDE provide the correct number of teachers across the state that would receive the intended raise?