re: The Mississippi Education Turnaround Continues

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I am a teacher in Louisiana and this is a fact in La as well.

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Its being called the Mississippi Plan in the education policy circles. Other states are going to adopt it. Florida is looking at it heavily right now. Alabama is about to implement parts of it.

Treat reading like a science. Its not just about having books available in the library. Make sure kids can read from an early age. Set benchmarks and hit them. Hire interventionists in EVERY BUILDING to make sure kids don't fall behind.

At the end of third grade, kids that can't read at grade level are held back, no matter if they have straight As. They get three shots at the test. Two during the school year and one after a summer program.

The "reading gate" is tough as well. The overall pass rate is north of 90%, but there are quite a few parents with means that send their kids to private schools for third grade only to avoid it.