Editor’s Note: This blog post is a part of a new ongoing series of posts dedicated to K-12 education policy in Mississippi. *** By Grace Breazeale I K-12 Policy Associate Among the challenges complicating Mississippi’s progress toward achieving its long-term education goals may be an unusually high rate of teacher turnover in the very subjects…
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Hattiesburg Early Learning Collaborative The Hattiesburg Early Learning Collaborative has eleven sites: Grace Christian Elementary School, Hawkins Elementary School, Rowan Elementary School, Thames Elementary School, Woodley Elementary School, WH Jones Head Start, Tunjia’s Little Ones, TJ’s Learning Center, Therah’s Child Care Center, USM Center for Child Development, and Smart Start Community School. It has served…
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Lafayette – Oxford – University Early Learning Collaborative The Lafayette – Oxford – University Early Learning Collaborative has four sites: Bramlett Elementary School, Lafayette Lower Elementary School, Willie Price Lab School, and Mary Cathey Head Start. It has served 986 four-year-olds since its founding in 2019. Number of Classrooms in ELC 22 Students Served in 2022-2023…
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Monroe Early Learning Collaborative The Monroe Early Learning Collaborative has nine sites: Aberdeen Head Start, Amory Head Start, Calvert’s ABC Preschool; Hamilton Elementary School, Hatley Elementary School, Lil’ Blessings Child Care, Smithville Elementary School, West Amory Elementary School, and Aberdeen Elementary School. It has served 1,359 four-year-olds since its founding in 2014. Number of Classrooms…
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Picayune Early Learning Collaborative The Picayune Early Learning Collaborative has two sites: South Side Lower Elementary School and South Side Head Start. It has served 318 four-year-olds since its founding in 2014. Number of Classrooms in ELC 2 Students Served in 2022-2023 40 Number of Sites in ELC 2 “The Picayune Early Learning Collaborative is…
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Lamar County Learning Collaborative The Lamar County Early Learning Collaborative has eight sites: Baxterville Elementary School, Bellevue Elementary, Clifton Preston Head Start, Longleaf Elementary School, Oak Grove Elementary, Lumberton Head Start, Purvis Lower Elementary School, Lumberton Elementary School, and Sumrall Elementary School. It has served 1,353 four-year-olds since its founding in 2014. Number of Classrooms…
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