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.
Citizens hear issues and hopes around the state’s first approved rural charter school.
Citizens attend a Mississippi Today panel discussion about rural charter schools in Mississippi.
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.
Panelists discuss rural charter schools in Mississippi Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Indianola.
Mississippi Today hosted a discussion in Indianola about the viability of rural charter schools in Indianola on Wednesday.