The Parents' Campaign is a grassroots network that advocates for quality public education in Mississippi.
Jackson, Mississippi
Joined February 2010
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Mississippi has maintained its 16th national education ranking, according to the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book released today, and was recognized as being one of two states to post improvements from 2019-2024 in education. Get details at bit.ly/4vFx0A0. #MsEdu
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"The promise of 'choice' is an illusion, masking a deliberate unraveling of a public system designed to serve a common good. What, exactly, is American about that," writes Jim Barksdale.
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The House Education committee is taking up their omnibus-school choice education bill. Watch the committee meeting live through our livestream.
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🚨 Myth: School choice empowers parents to select the best school for their children.
✅ Truth: Private schools choose which students they admit, often prioritizing star athletes or top academic performers. The power lies with the schools, not the families.
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The Kosciusko Board of Aldermen adopted an anti-school choice resolution on Tuesday night, breaking from their representative, House Speaker Jason White, and the set of policies that he's aggressively pushing at the Capitol. mississippitoday.org/2025/11…
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One of the major objections to school choice is its potential impact on high school athletics if students are free to go to whatever school will accept them, regardless of where they reside.... gwcommonwealth.com/school-ch…
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We’ve seen what school choice does in other states—more segregation, less accountability, and fewer resources for the students who need them most. It’s time to speak up and stand strong for Mississippi’s public schools before it’s too late.
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Opinion: Don’t derail Mississippi’s education momentum with vouchers and 'choice' clarionledger.com/story/opin…
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Marcus Boudreaux, superintendent of @BiloxiSchools, discusses how school choice will create 2 separate systems of education, w/ 1 (public) being held accountable & other (private) not held accountable for public $$.
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When you teach, you prove what’s possible for students, for communities, for Mississippi. Start your path today at TeachMS.org. #TeachMS #MsEdu
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New PFPS fact sheet provides information about the high cost of vouchers, instances of significant fraud and abuse, examples of where vouchers subsidize the education of children already attending private school, and more. tinyurl.com/7sjeusfk
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Join MDE in recognizing September as Attendance Awareness Month. Education stakeholders and community organizations are encouraged to spread awareness and implement programs to promote school attendance and reduce absenteeism. Get resources at mdek12.org/ocsa/chronicabsen…. #MsEdu
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NEW: More shocking revelations about Arizona's ESA voucher program 🤯 A recent @12News report shows that taxpayer dollars meant for education are subsidizing vacations, with families using voucher funds for tickets to attractions like SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo.
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The Trump administration announced Friday that it was releasing the money, which totals billions nationwide and pays for English language instruction, adult literacy and teacher professional development, among other things.
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Mississippi schools are going into the new year with holes in their budgets, thanks to the federal government’s decision to freeze $5B in education money that pays for professional development, adult literacy and ELL programs.
About $51M is frozen in MS. mississippitoday.org/2025/07…
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"If HR 1 were to become law with the voucher provision intact, it would set Mississippi back decades and establish a dangerous precedent: allowing private interests to decide which of the country’s children will be educated with federal dollars."
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Nancy Loome, Executive Director of The @ParentsCampaign, explains how a federal voucher program would hurt Mississippi clarionledger.com/story/opin…
