Senatobia Early Learning Collaborative The Senatobia Early Learning Collaborative has two sites: Senatobia Elementary School and Clen Moore Head Start; and has served 90 four-year-olds since its founding in 2022. Number of Classrooms in ELC 6 Students Served in 2022-2023 90 Number of Sites in ELC 2 “We are able to meet the needs of…
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Biloxi Early Learning Collaborative The Biloxi Early Learning Collaborative has two sites: Nichols Elementary School and East Biloxi Head Start. It has served 280 four-year-olds since its founding in 2022. Number of Classrooms in ELC 14* Students Projected to Serve in 2023-2024 280* Number of Sites in ELC 2* “We work in conjunction with the…
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Jackson, MS—Today, Mississippi First released our newest report, Eyeing the Exit: Teacher Turnover and What We Can Do About It. This report takes a deeper dive into data first reported in our February 2022 report Voices of the Shortage: 2022 Mississippi Teacher Survey, which revealed that over half of teachers surveyed reported being “somewhat” or…
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McComb Community Collaborative for Early Learning Success The McComb Community Collaborative for Early Learning Success has three sites: Kennedy Early Childhood Center, Christian Community Learning Center, and Pearl River Valley Opportunity Head Start. It has served 1,931 four-year-olds since its founding in 2014. Number of Classrooms in ELC 6 Students Served in 2022-2023 120 Number…
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By Toren Ballard I Director of K-12 Policy This fall, Mississippians received two widely divergent narratives about the state of public education post-COVID: On September 29, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released school and district accountability grades for the 2021-2022 school year, showing unprecedented improvement: 87% of districts were rated “C” or higher, up…
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Editor’s Note: This post is the first in an ongoing series of posts dedicated to early education policy in Mississippi. *** By Micayla Tatum I Director of Early Childhood Policy This past summer, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Mississippi First, and other partners convened early childhood providers and advocates with the goal of centering provider voices…
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