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Throughout its history, Mississippi has produced notable education inequalities due to racial segregation and underfunding of black schools, as well as rural zoning and lack of commitment to funding education. In the 21st century, Mississippi struggles to meet national assessment standards, and the state has low graduation rates.
Mississippi has a reputation of having the lowest ranked education system in the United States. In 2008, Mississippi ranked last in academic achievement by the American Legislative Exchange Council's Report Card on Education with the lowest average ACT score [1] and the 6th lowest spending per pupil
Freedom Schools were temporary, alternative, and free schools for African Americans mostly in the South.They were originally part of a nationwide effort during the Civil Rights Movement to organize African Americans to achieve social, political and economic equality in the United States.
The Office of School and District and School Performance in Mississippi measures every school district and individual school on an annual basis to see how the state’s education system is ...
One of the most comprehensive laws in the history of education in the United States, this Act brought together several pieces of state [clarification needed] and federal legislation, making free, appropriate education available to all eligible students with a disability. [219]
(The Center Square) – Mississippi state Sen. Angela Burks Hill introduced a bill that would end diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology in the state’s higher education system. Senate Bill ...
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The Mississippi Delta region. The Mississippi Delta region has had the most segregated schools—and for the longest time—of any part of the United States. As recently as the 2016–2017 school year, East Side High School in Cleveland, Mississippi, was practically all black: 359 of 360 students were African-American. [1]