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OPINION: Four ways that Mississippi is teaching more children to read well

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The state proved a bright spot on the most recent Nation’s Report Card. The Magnolia State has been making steady progress on NAEP since 2005. This story about Mississippi education reforms was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

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Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.