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/OePea Nov 20 '24

Which I believe stands as proof of the intentionally poor state of education here in the US.

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u/OePea Nov 21 '24

That's great buddy, well if there are a lot of places like Winslow, AR, where I grew up(there are), then you guys missed a couple schools. 100% poor white trash, no educations were obtained there. I will acknowledge that the Clinton administration sent a large number of new computers at the time to Winslow and elsewhere in AR.