Study: More expense on classroom instruction = better student education

by Amy McCullough Published: December 5,2010
Tags: Cecil Brown, Dr. Tom Burnham, Gov. Haley Barbour, Mississippi Adequate Education Program, Videt Carmichael
Mississippi can’t do anything about poverty overnight, but it could require accountability for current education expenditures The high poverty rate among Mississippi public school students significantly and negatively impacts student achievement, a Stennis Institute study shows. That’s no surprise. But the study also produces numbers showing that Mississippi public school districts that spend higher percentages of their [...] [...]
