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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 13, 2022

State Superintendent: “We are not teaching CRT in our social studies standards. Period. The end.”

Despite using NCSS and its “action civics” C3 Framework as a main resource, Dr. Wright tells Mississippi Senate Education Committee Critical Race Theory is not in K-12 schools. During a Senate Education Committee meeting on Wednesday, Dr. Carey Wright, State Superintendent of Education, discussed the Department’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, 2022 legislative priorities, ESSER…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
January 12, 2022

Mississippi House passes its Teacher Pay Raise plan by a vote of 114-6

The START Act now goes to the Senate where lawmakers there have announced their own plan. On Wednesday, State Rep. Richard Bennett, Chairman of the House Education Committee, presented his $219 million proposal to address a teacher pay raise. HB 530 sailed through the House will little discussion, gaining a 114-6 vote of approval. The…