Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi First’

Rachel Canter on doing the right thing

by Clay Chandler Published: February 1,2013

Tags: Charter schools, early childhood education, education, Mississippi First, Rachel Canter

Rachel Canter is executive director of Mississippi First. A Starkville native, she has a B.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Q —How did Mississippi First get its start? A —In 2002, Sanford Johnson, my co-founder, and I each had summer internships in Jackson. We would [...] [...]

Advocates want more flexible charter school bill

by Amy McCullough Published: February 12,2012

Tags: Arkansas, Blueprint Mississippi, Forest Thigpen, Gov. Phil Bryant, Gray Tollison, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Mississippi Economic Council, Mississippi First, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Tennessee, the Black Alliance for Education Options

Charter school advocates believe this is the year for Mississippi to make progress in school choice through more flexible charter school legislation. In his first State of the State address, Gov. Phil Bryant said now is the time for Mississippi to pass a “workable” charter school law. A 2010 law passed by the state Legislature [...] [...]

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