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13 Jan 2024
Well done! RTR!
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1 Nov 2023
Thanks @GMA for this story explaining how Mississippi is changing the literacy landscape of schools! #MsEdu
1 Nov 2023
We're celebrating National Family Literacy Day by looking at what some teachers in Mississippi are doing to improve children's ability to read amid concerns of a nationwide literacy crisis.
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16 Sep 2023
FULL Corso 400th Headgear piece 🫶🏼
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24 Aug 2023
Such a great story! Thanks @rick_cleveland ! Roll Tide!
22 Aug 2023
ICYMI: 52 years later: a Ford Pinto, a flat tire, and poignant memories of Bear Bryant - Mississippi Today mississippitoday.org/2023/08…
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18 Aug 2023
Registration is open for the 52nd Annual Mississippi Literacy Association Conference: No Place Like Home.
Sessions will focus on promoting literacy instruction for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Register at nmec.msresaservices.com/MSWL….
ALT Registration is open for the 52nd Annual Mississippi Literacy Association Conference: No Place Like Home. Sessions will focus on promoting literacy instruction for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Register at https://nmec.msresaservices.com/MSWLC2023
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
4 Aug 2023
Teachers, don't forget the deadline to this loan repayment program is Sept. 15! #MsEdu
5 Jun 2023
The Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid is accepting applications for the Winter-Reed Teacher Loan Repayment Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 15, 2023. Learn more at bit.ly/3OOZbKo. #MsEdu
ALT The Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid is accepting applications for the Winter-Reed Teacher Loan Repayment Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications will be accepted through Sept. 15, 2023.
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To support teacher recruitment and retention, @MissDeptEd directed $9.8M from #ESSER to expand the Mississippi Teacher Residency program, which had 123 residents and is accepting up to 200 more this fall. #MsEdu #ESSERImpact
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
23 Jun 2023
New FutureEd report highlights how Mississippi is a national leader in the reading revolution that has raised student achievement! #MSEdu
22 Jun 2023
The Reading Revolution: How States are Scaling Literacy Reform future-ed.org/teaching-child…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
1 Jun 2023
From @NickKristof in @nytopinion. “Among just children in poverty, Mississippi fourth graders now are tied for best performers in the nation in NAEP reading tests and rank second in math.” nytimes.com/2023/05/31/opini…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
1 Jun 2023
If you’re looking for a secret ingredient to explain Mississippi’s rise in reading achievement on the Fourth Grade Reading NAEP over the last decade, you won’t find it. Some have even called that achievement “the Mississippi Miracle,” but you won’t find a miracle either.
1 Jun 2023
Florida was the first state to adopt a third-grade reading law that ended social promotion. That legislation became a model for other states. Learn more about the Sunshine State's literacy journey. @AFloridaPromise #EarlyLiteracyMatters
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
9 Feb 2023
Join @JebBush @kymyona_burk and Dr. Carey Wright (@MissDeptEd) for a webinar where they'll share their key lessons from the front lines of taking Mississippi from the bottom to the top of literacy achievement. Register here to attend on 2/14: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
6 Feb 2023
Thank you @Literacy_Wynns and @MissDeptEd for this great resource, #LeadinginLiteracy! See info on coaching, assessments, PD, and other MS special projects. mdek12.org/sites/default/fil…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
With an eye on the future, MASS is urging Mississippians to answer the call to teach. #MASS #UnleashPossible
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
8 Dec 2022
Listen to this. | Public School Failed Her Kids. She’s on a Mission to Save Yours. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/12/08/opini…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
7 Dec 2022
Dec. 2022 grads of college ed prep programs who submit applications for initial licensure by Dec. 26, may have them processed via MDE’s ELMS. Applications submitted Dec. 27 – Jan. 1 will migrate beginning Jan. 17 to a new system - MECCA. Details: bit.ly/3UDDjky. #MsEdu
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1 Dec 2022
Teach Plus MS is hiring a part-time Education Leadership Coach who will support Change Agents in the Mississippi Delta by developing, coaching, and supporting Change Agents as they identify opportunities and make a case for change in their schools. teachplus.org/job/ms-educati…
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
2 Dec 2022
TOP 25 NEW PODCASTS OF 2022 Podtrac
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Sold a Story is #24.
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Debra Burson, Ph.D. retweeted
21 Nov 2022
Today the State Board of Education named Dr. Robert Taylor, a 30-year veteran educator and deputy state superintendent for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Mississippi’s new state superintendent of education. Get details at bit.ly/3V9czJy. #MsEdu
ALT Dr. Robert. Taylor named state superintendent of education in Mississippi.
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16 Nov 2022
For Mississippians who are called to make a difference in their communities, there’s no better time to consider being a teacher. Learn more about the Unleash Possible campaign here: ow.ly/SirS30op8SR
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