Louise Smith writes that Mississippi should commit more to public school improvements rather than school voucher and choice programs.
Louise Smith
Louise Smith is a band director along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was named 2023 Mississippi Teacher of the Year and was the 2024 NEA Foundation Horace Mann Award Winner. She has been featured on the cover of NEA Today where she talked about teacher trauma and stress and US News and World Report named her as one of the "Twenty Professionals Who Made a Difference During the Pandemic." In her spare time, she enjoys playing her flute in the Coastal Winds Wind Ensemble and traveling the world with her husband.