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re: Mississippi again turns down millions of dollars to feed low-income kids during summer
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:25 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:25 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Lol Mississippi Today is like MSNBC printed a paper in the south.
They refuse to keep pressure on the leadership of Jackson.. even though the mayor is embroiled in a bribery scandal and they also cannot provide reliable basic services.. because they are democrat and black.
But ohmydamn.. if a republican farts in the house chamber they won’t shut up about it.
In short…. Only fools read and believe Mississippi Today.
They refuse to keep pressure on the leadership of Jackson.. even though the mayor is embroiled in a bribery scandal and they also cannot provide reliable basic services.. because they are democrat and black.
But ohmydamn.. if a republican farts in the house chamber they won’t shut up about it.
In short…. Only fools read and believe Mississippi Today.
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Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:28 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Mississippi Today is a trash publication funded by a billionaire. They tried to cover up a key element of Favregate because it implicated the editor's mom.
THIS
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:30 pm to the808bass
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A turnaround is great. What’s the percentage of 4th graders reading on grade level? I’ll bet it’s under 60%.
Why stop there? Break ot down my demographics.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:33 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
I spent some of my formative years living in Mississippi.
When I told my mother I was hungry in the summer months, she would make me go fishing.
When I told my mother I was hungry in the summer months, she would make me go fishing.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:37 pm to the808bass
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A turnaround is great. What’s the percentage of 4th graders reading on grade level? I’ll bet it’s under 60%.
Its 63%. National average is 61%
Broken down its 77% of whites and 49% of blacks.
In 1998 it was 47% overall.
The big deal is 31% are scoring at the two highest levels (national average 32%), compared to 17% in 1998 when MS was dead last in everything.
This post was edited on 2/3/25 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:39 pm to the808bass
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When you figure out that you’re failing at actually educating kids, you make up other metrics to make it look like you’re making an impact on the community.
Wut??
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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the state improved its education ranking to 30th in the nation, according to the 2024 Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book. This is Mississippi’s highest ranking ever. KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Mississippi 32nd in 2023 and 39th in 2022. The state was ranked 48th in education in 2014.
Progressively getting better at edumication
Not bad for a bunch of starving kids.
Who says a Republican supermajority is bad for education again??
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:42 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Hard to imagine
This is all a bullshite lie to make my state look like we’re all racists and backwards. We are changing for the better, I know I’m 68 years old and seen the changes. Benny Thompson and mayor Cheeokie of Jackson is where most of this is. The radical Marxist mayor may be going to prison, so there is the corruption and it is a lot. Love my state and proud of it
This is all a bullshite lie to make my state look like we’re all racists and backwards. We are changing for the better, I know I’m 68 years old and seen the changes. Benny Thompson and mayor Cheeokie of Jackson is where most of this is. The radical Marxist mayor may be going to prison, so there is the corruption and it is a lot. Love my state and proud of it
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:43 pm to CleverUserName
Take a look at Mississippi's scores increasing while the nation is decreasing. We are a decade away from the Southern states being the national leaders in education.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:44 pm to pankReb
Thank you Sir!!!!
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:48 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Based Mississippi continues to make Louisiana look inept
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:49 pm to OBReb6
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Based Mississippi continues to make Louisiana look inept
Its coming, Louisiana. Y'all copied us on the single biggest thing to change our education. So did Alabama.
LINK
Basically, in 2014, Mississippi said no more. If you can't read AT GRADE LEVEL by the end of third grade, you no longer get passed to fourth grade. We will give you three opportunities to pass and will pay for a summer intensive for your last chance, but there are no exceptions. If you can't read, you don't move to fourth grade.
We were called ignorant, racist, backwoods, tyrants and we held firm. A decade later we hae gone from dead last to above the national average. Its the kind of stuff we used to give Nobel Prizes for.
This post was edited on 2/3/25 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 2/3/25 at 1:52 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:As Adam Carolla used to always say: If you can't afford an apple and an egg for your child, then perhaps we should be talking about someone else being their parent.
It’s hard to imagine there are hundreds of thousands of parents in Mississippi who can’t afford to make their kid a sandwich for lunch when they are home from school in the summer.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 2:16 pm to anc
Posted on 2/3/25 at 2:52 pm to SloaneRanger
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When did feeding kids become one of the main functions of public schools?
Around the same time certain people decided that those backpacks filled with school supplies people donated was a right.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 3:17 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
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Families who rely on free breakfasts and lunches
Its not free though.
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The program provides each eligible child $40 a month in grocery assistance.
On top of the $300/ month the mother is getting per child?
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The nation’s poorest state is also the hungriest state
Top 3 obese states
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West Virginia 41.7%
Arkansas 40.5%
Mississippi 40.4%
Im going with this is all bullshite
And a pic from the article
Michelle Howard, a mother of two, shares her experience and explains how Springboard to Opportunities’ Summer Cash Initiative benefited her family
Maybe she should share her food with her kids instead of begging for a hand out. You fat piece of shite. You fat asses disgust me.
This post was edited on 2/3/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 2/3/25 at 3:42 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
I will never understand why public schools should be responsible for feeding kids when there is no school. If your kids still need food during the summer, on top of all the benefits, that should be deducted from your benefits. What the hell are you doing with the money you are getting?
And this is another reason why these programs must be adjusted only to provide the essentials. Buy your damn Twinkies and soda.
And this is another reason why these programs must be adjusted only to provide the essentials. Buy your damn Twinkies and soda.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 3:53 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Good. Get rid of the fed influence.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 4:54 pm to GeauxtigersMs36
Why don't the people that bore them feed them? Seriously, not my problem to feed hood rats offspring.
Posted on 2/3/25 at 4:56 pm to dalefla
MS doing something right with education....
"The percentage of students measured as proficient in reading now exceeds the national average. In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in reading. Today, it’s 9th. Mississippi was 50th in math almost a dozen years ago. Now, it’s 16th.
Minority and economically disadvantaged students are performing even better against their peers. Black fourth graders in Mississippi rank 3rd nationally against their peers in both reading and math. Economically disadvantaged children ranked 1st among their peers in reading and 2nd in math."
LINK
"The percentage of students measured as proficient in reading now exceeds the national average. In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in reading. Today, it’s 9th. Mississippi was 50th in math almost a dozen years ago. Now, it’s 16th.
Minority and economically disadvantaged students are performing even better against their peers. Black fourth graders in Mississippi rank 3rd nationally against their peers in both reading and math. Economically disadvantaged children ranked 1st among their peers in reading and 2nd in math."
LINK
Posted on 2/3/25 at 5:56 pm to hansenthered1
You didn't answer the question. Why is it anyone's responsibility to feed kids bore by two consenting adults other than themselves?
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