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The Hechinger Report

Posted inMississippi Roundup

Are summer learning programs too expensive?

by The Hechinger Report June 18, 2018May 10, 2021

Families in Mississippi spend an average of nearly $2,000 for just five weeks of enrollment in a summer learning program. That cost amounts to 16 percent of the median summer income for a two-parent household and more than double what is considered affordable by the federal government, according to a new report by the Center […]

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Mississippi’s graduation rate gaps among lowest in country, report finds

by The Hechinger Report June 4, 2018May 10, 2021
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How do state’s instructional time requirements compare?

by The Hechinger Report May 21, 2018May 10, 2021
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Why these Mississippi students miss so many days of school

by The Hechinger Report May 7, 2018May 10, 2021
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Head Start centers have ‘outsized role’ in rural Mississippi, report finds

by The Hechinger Report April 23, 2018May 10, 2021
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Hungry children from Mississippi could be missing out on free meals

by The Hechinger Report March 26, 2018May 10, 2021
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Poll finds Southern voters want more education spending

by The Hechinger Report February 12, 2018May 10, 2021
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State offers weak regulatory process of for-profit colleges, national report indicates

by The Hechinger Report January 29, 2018May 10, 2021
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Report looks at how legislators propose to improve education

by The Hechinger Report January 16, 2018May 10, 2021
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State’s for-profit colleges ‘disproportionately harm’ low-income families, report says

by The Hechinger Report December 18, 2017May 10, 2021
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How one Mississippi elementary school improved to an A rating

by The Hechinger Report December 4, 2017May 10, 2021
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Coalition to improve Jackson Public Schools is a rare takeover model

by The Hechinger Report November 8, 2017May 10, 2021
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