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Opinion  |  Editor  • 
September 3, 2018

Reflections on the 2018 special session

Having waited a few days to see how the media would handle the aftermath and analysis of the 2018 Special Election, I wasn’t very surprised to see how little was done in the way of meaningful political analysis done about what was actually at stake. Geoff Pender generated the most cogent analysis of the session…
Opinion  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
August 30, 2018

Certified vs. Effective: Improving the Flow of the Teacher Pipeline

Every year it seems Mississippi makes headlines for being on the bottom of the nation’s education rankings. Test scores are low, funding is low, and there is a lack of qualified teachers in the state. But could the teacher certification process be part of the issue? Many teachers complain that they’re “teaching to the test”,…