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Dear Jack,


Education is the number one thing we need to improve in Mississippi.

That’s why MCPP just launched “Move Up, Mississippi”, a campaign aimed at changing our education system for the better.
Mississippi education is only going to improve if we accept the truth about how things really are:
* 4 in 10 fourth graders would struggle to read this sentence. That’s right. 4 in 10 fourth graders fail to attain the basic reading standard in 2022.
* 7 in 10 fourth grade kids in Mississippi were not proficient in reading in 2022.
* 8 in 10 eighth grade kids in Mississippi were not proficient in math in 2022.

Rather than getting better, the rate of chronic absenteeism in Mississippi schools has got worse.

In 2022-23, over 100,000 students regularly skipped school, up from 70,000 in 2016-17.
So, what’s the solution?

Banning cell phones in public schools won’t solve this. Neither will getting lost in the weeds about whether school districts should have three or four semesters a year.

What we need is school choice. Mississippi is now surrounded by states that have school choice. It is transforming education for the better. Let’s not get left behind…..
School Choice would mean every family gets to decide where their share of the state education budget is spent. It would mean that the values being taught in your child’s classroom would have to align with the values of Mississippi families.

To find out what school choice would mean for you and your family, have a look here. ([link removed])

Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama have done more to improve education in 12 months than Mississippi has achieved in 12 years. Sign up and join our movement if you believe it is time to change that!

Have a great weekend!
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Warm regards,

Douglas Carswell
President & CEO

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