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Last weekend’s The Wall Street Journal carried a riveting front page article titled, “Mississippi Fixed Its Schools. Here’s How Other States Can Too.”
The meat of the article rested on “Accountability, and Courageous Leadership.”
Mississippi’s Accountability rested on – Leadership, with clear objectives, grounded in frequent testing of student results – from all lower grade students – focused on their historically dismal Reading & Math literacy….!
If students didn’t perform up to stated goals, which were national, students were held-back for a year, with required parent discussions, and involvement, until performance improved – up to standards.
The Teachers’ Unions fought the new Standards, to no avail, to the credit of the State’s Leadership, and their state-wide organizational support.
Results have stunned public educators and Teachers’ Unions, nation-wide, and Mississippi’s stunning student Reading & Math literacy improvements – speak volumes. (Please click the Link at the bottom for the WSJ article.)
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