Opinion | In Defense of Black Education as a Liberatory Practice
Author and former educator Sean Brown responds to the death of Senate Bill 2726, which could have possibly been a threat to Mississippi HBCUs.
Author and former educator Sean Brown responds to the death of Senate Bill 2726, which could have possibly been a threat to Mississippi HBCUs.
Mississippi could continue a program to help retain and attract educators to the state amid an ongoing critical teacher shortage.
Mississippi Labor Union leader Chris Gray Sr. writes that state leaders should hold all bragging on education until public schools are fully funded.
“Public schools are places like no other,” MAE President Erica Jones writes. “In every neighborhood in our state, they are where our children’s minds are challenged, their curiosity encouraged, their critical thinking skills sharpened, and their ambitions nurtured.”
“This would not be a teacher or school project alone, but it should be a local, state and federal government collaborative effort to support our students,” Rita Callahan writes.
“Throughout the Jackson Public School District, a lack of substitute teachers continuously adds to the already taxing day-to-day responsibilities of classroom instructors,” Rita Callahan writes.
Kim L. Wiley calls on Mississippi lawmakers to fully fund the MAEP to give students and educators additional long-term support.
Mississippi’s public-school teachers will receive an average $5,140 pay raise this year, and assistant teachers will enjoy a $2,000 pay bump this year after Gov. Tate Reeves signed the START Act into law.
Mississippi lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk today that will raise pay for the average Mississippi teacher by $5,140 this year, with additional future pay raises throughout their careers.
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