The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/20/8
If Mississippi lawmakers were getting a report card for their efforts in adding quality to public education this legislative session, they would have to receive an incomplete.
The 2008 Legislature had significant achievements, including fully funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, as part of the Quality Education Act of 2008. But it failed in some areas, as well.
The Legislature dropped the ball on ensuring quality by doing away with elected superintendents, instead sending to the governor a bill that would remove superintendents of underperforming districts.
The overall success of the package is a coup for the state Department of Education to improve state funding beyond merely “adequate,” and for The Parents Campaign, a grassroots organization that swelled to more than 45,000 members during the legislative session to support public education.
Magnolia Tribune
