Mississippi could ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler to understand, under a bill headed to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
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In(Equity) and Resilience: Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19
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A space for public conversation on race in the South, including the persisting impact of private academies.
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I Never Saw the System by Ellen Morris Prewitt-Myers
It Was On the Back of Black Students by W. Ralph Eubanks
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ACADEMY STORIES
A space for public conversation on race in the South, including the persisting impact of private academies.
I Offered My Best to a System Not Meant For All the Others I Am by Katrina Byrd
I Never Saw the System by Ellen Morris Prewitt-Myers
It Was On the Back of Black Students by W. Ralph Eubanks
MISSISSIPPI RACE VIOLENCE PROJECT
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COVID-19 COVERAGE
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