Nov. 14-15, 2017 — Are charter schools viable in rural areas, particularly the Mississippi Delta? 

Crossroads Cultural Arts Center in Clarksdale : Mississippi Today co-editor Fred Anklam moderated a panel discussion featuring The Hechinger Report’s Jackie Mader, Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School‘s Amanda Johnson and Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board‘s Krystal Cormack.

B.B King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola : Mississippi Today co-editor Fred Anklam moderated a panel discussion featuring Empower Mississippi Director of Education Policy Elyse Marcellino, Rep. Abe Hudson of Shelby, Mississippi First’s Rachel Canter and Sunflower County Consolidated School District Superintendent Miskia Davis.

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.

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