MAE calls Jackson’s water crisis a major education issue

In what some may have thought an unusual move, the Mississippi Association of Educators convened a news conference this week to disseminate its recently completed research study and position paper, “Solving the Jackson Water Crisis.”

News, Mississippi News, Mississippi SpotlightJerry MitchellAugust 17, 2022Jackson's water system, Tainted, water outage, tap water, repairs, Mississippi water and sewage, infrastructure, city of Jackson, water filtration, Mississippi water, boil water notice, MAE, Mississippi educators, water crisis, education

Mississippi may be tried over education funding, appeals court says

Mississippi may stand trial on allegations the state broke its promise to provide “a uniform system of free public schools.”

Mississippi News, EducationKatherine MitchellApril 2, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi news, education, segregation, Mississippi Public Schools, Education funding

Do Mississippians disagree? Well, yeah, but not on funding public schools.

As Mississippians head to the polls Aug. 6 for primaries, they remain split on who has the best football team, who has the best barbecue and even if the state is headed in the right direction — but nearly 70 percent of them believe public schools deserve more funding.

EducationKatherine MitchellJuly 19, 2019mississippi center for investigative reporting, mississippi education, mcir, Millsaps, public schools, education, public school funding

Social Workers, Navigators Help Mississippi Foster Youth Overcome Trauma, Transition To College

JACKSON, Miss. — By the time she turned 6, Jessica Reese had been sexually abused repeatedly.

EducationKatherine MitchellMay 20, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingeducation, mississippi education, jerry mitchell, mississippi center for investigative reporting, mcir

63 years after Brown, segregated classrooms persist in one Mississippi school district

BROOKHAVEN — More than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional, one Mississippi school district has largely segregated classrooms — some all-black, some majority white.

EducationKatherine MitchellApril 1, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingeducation, mississippi education, segregated, segregation, brown vs. board of education, brookhaven missippi, brookhaven education, brookhaven elementary school, jerry mitchell, mississippi center for investigative reporting, mcir