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Mississippi’s Public Schools Deserve Both Resources and Respect

Fully fund the classrooms. Pay educators what they’re worth. Anything less is selling our future short. From the Editor, The People’s Paper MS In every Mississippi community, from the Delta to the Gulf Coast, teachers stand at the front lines of our state’s future. They’re counselors, mentors, translators, and dream keepers, often spending out of…

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Simpson County’s Education: Long Underfunding  

From the Editor, The People’s Paper MS Let’s talk about several issues about Simpson County Schools. We’ll start with …. Simpson County’s Long Underfunding. For 16 straight years, Simpson County schools were underfunded under the old Mississippi Adequate Education Program, losing more than $28 million that should have gone to local classrooms. That is money…

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