Charter schools are a controversial issue across the country, but perhaps even more so in rural areas where cash-strapped districts with dwindling student enrollment must grapple with the possibility of losing both students and funding to a new school, according to a new article by The Hechinger Report.

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Read about Mississippi Today’s charter school events:

Discussion in Clarksdale: Are charter schools viable in rural Mississippi?

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Concern in Clarksdale over charter school

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New charter school will be first to operate in rural part of state

by Jackie Mader, Mississippi Today
November 21, 2017

<h1>New charter school will be first to operate in rural part of state</h1> <p class="byline">by Jackie Mader, Mississippi Today <br />November 21, 2017</p> <p>Charter schools are a controversial issue across the country, but perhaps even more so in rural areas where cash-strapped districts with dwindling student enrollment must grapple with the possibility of losing both students and funding to a new school, according to a new article by The Hechinger Report.</p> <p><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/rural-charter-schools-viable-mississippi/">Read the report here.</a></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p>Read about Mississippi Today’s charter school events:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/15/discussion-in-clarksdale-asks-are-charter-schools-viable-in-rural-mississippi/">Discussion in Clarksdale: Are charter schools viable in rural Mississippi?</a></p> </blockquote> <p>More Mississippi Today coverage:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote wp-embedded-content"> <p><a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/13/concern-in-clarksdale-over-charter-school/">Concern in Clarksdale over charter school</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/21/new-charter-school-will-be-first-to-operate-in-rural-part-of-state/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1.png?fit=134%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=111351&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2017/11/21/new-charter-school-will-be-first-to-operate-in-rural-part-of-state/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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