Left to right: Mississippi Today co-editor Fred Anklam, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board chair Krystal Cormack, Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, Clarksdale Collegiate executive director Amanda Johnson, and Hechinger Report reporter Jackie Mader discuss rural charter schools. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Nov. 14-15, 2017 — Are charter schools viable in rural areas, particularly the Mississippi Delta?
Left to right: Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board chair Krystal Cormack, Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, Clarksdale Collegiate executive director Amanda Johnson, and Hechinger Report reporter Jackie Mader discuss rural charter schools. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Citizens hear issues and hopes around the state’s first approved rural charter school. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Citizens attend a Mississippi Today panel discussion about rural charter schools in Mississippi. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Left to right: Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board chair Krystal Cormack, Rep. Jay Hughes, D-Oxford, Clarksdale Collegiate executive director Amanda Johnson, and Hechinger Report reporter Jackie Mader discuss rural charter schools. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Panelists discuss rural charter schools in Mississippi Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Indianola. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
Mississippi Today hosted a discussion in Indianola about the viability of rural charter schools in Indianola on Wednesday. Credit: Kayleigh Skinner/Mississippi Today
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Real Talk: Charter Schools in the Mississippi Delta
by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today November 15, 2017