Mississippi is subject to the same funding standards as every other state, and is miles behind everyone else. What they choose to do with that money locally is what is affecting outcomes, and it’ll be that way as long as curriculum and standards are set at the local and state level.
I’m not arguing that state and local levels don’t have any impact. There’s no doubt that they do, but imagine if federal funding was double or triple what it is now. The outcomes could be so much better, even in places like MS where the government is actively working against its people.
blanket federal funding wouldnt mean shit to the bottom states, it would just be ratfucked into the local robber barons coffers like everything else is currently.
fixing mississippi starts by removing the slavers-sons running the state like their personal piggybank, same for pretty much all former slave states.
I reviewed a bunch of sources from a quick (and not extensive) search, and it looks like it may vary by district, but I’m seeing sources (across different years) with averages as high as 13% and as low as 8%. I don’t know where I was getting my number, but I thought it was more like 43%. Even 13% is shite. 8% is abysmal. So sad.
Class content is determined almost entirely at the local or state level, not the federal.
And much of it isdetermined by Texas, one of the most regressive and oppressive state
Funding does impact what, how, and by whom kids are taught. A large portion of education funding is federal.
Mississippi is subject to the same funding standards as every other state, and is miles behind everyone else. What they choose to do with that money locally is what is affecting outcomes, and it’ll be that way as long as curriculum and standards are set at the local and state level.
I’m not arguing that state and local levels don’t have any impact. There’s no doubt that they do, but imagine if federal funding was double or triple what it is now. The outcomes could be so much better, even in places like MS where the government is actively working against its people.
blanket federal funding wouldnt mean shit to the bottom states, it would just be ratfucked into the local robber barons coffers like everything else is currently.
fixing mississippi starts by removing the slavers-sons running the state like their personal piggybank, same for pretty much all former slave states.
It appears from my searching 8-10% is federal funding did you see a number somewhere else that was much higher?
I reviewed a bunch of sources from a quick (and not extensive) search, and it looks like it may vary by district, but I’m seeing sources (across different years) with averages as high as 13% and as low as 8%. I don’t know where I was getting my number, but I thought it was more like 43%. Even 13% is shite. 8% is abysmal. So sad.
You were probably thinking of state funding. That’s often right around 43% with the rest being local funding.