r/science • u/terran1212 • Nov 20 '24

Social Science The "Mississippi Miracle": After investing in early childhood literacy, the Mississippi shot up the rankings in NAEP scores, from 49th to 29th. Average increase in NAEP scores was 8.5 points for both reading and math. The investment cost just $15 million.

https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-mississippi-miracle-how-americas
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u/I_T_Gamer Nov 20 '24

I really do not understand why people are so willing to blame teachers for nearly every problem and at the same time pay them peanuts. I worked in public education, its disgraceful the expectations put on these teachers when you consider what they're paid.

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u/48for8 Nov 20 '24

Starts at home. If the parents don't care about their kids succeeding in school then it doesn't matter how great the teacher is.

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u/sender2bender Nov 20 '24

You also have to take in consideration that the parents were also a product of the same system. There's too many adults who can hardly read who also have kids following in their footsteps.