A majority-rural state, Mississippi is among the highest ranking states for early childhood education opportunity and enrollment. However, with a record of low academic performance, under-funding, and a shortage of school administrators, Mississippi schools face significant challenges. Through partnerships with local advocates and policy-makers in Mississippi and neighboring states, Mississippi has made several far-reaching decisions in recent years to support all students and schools and address inequities facing Mississippi students. Partners for works with local advocates and policy-makers as well as an expanding group of invested philanthropists in the state.
More Resources & Tools on Mississippi
06/01/2016
ESSA: Implications for Equity 
In an effort to understand the implications of ESSA in our Anchor States, Partners for developed a series of reports summarizing expectations and opportunities under ESSA and their implications in the Pre-ESSA landscape in each state.
California
Colorado
Georgia
Illinois
Mississippi
New Jersey
Ohio
03/28/2016
Mississippi Educator Equity Lab
On March 28th, 2016 the first-ever Educator Equity Lab was held at Jackson State University in Mississippi, where more than one hundred education stakeholders made commitments to ensuring equal access to excellent teachers for the state’s students of color and students from low income backgrounds. learn more >
02/25/2016
WEBINAR – ESSA: Implications for Equity in Mississippi
On February 25th, we heard from voices around Mississippi on the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and its implications for issues of educational equity in the state. This webinar was an opportunity for some of Mississippi’s key stakeholder representatives to talk through learn more >
