A Change Comes to Mississippi: Materials Matter and the Results Show It Mississippi educator Deia Sanders talks about her work to elevate the importance of high-quality instructional materials in the Magnolia state. In 2019, Mississippi educator Deia Sanders joined a group of education leaders at the annual CCSSO Policy Forum to discuss the research pointing…
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What were we most excited to share with Mississippi teachers when we first launched the site? The math materials! The Mississippi Department of Education, Mississippi school districts, and Mississippi teachers spent a lot of time and energy adopting a high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) math rubric and then reviewing K-8 math materials to ensure their quality!…
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The answer is it depends. One of the defining features of our current educational system is that districts have local control. Part of this local control is the ability to select and adopt curriculum, provided that the choices meet state standards. The Mississippi Department of Education does not mandate the materials a school uses to…
Read MoreIn an effort to increase teacher access to high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), the Mississippi Department of Education, in partnership with Mississippi First, has launched a new website for Mississippi teachers! This new site was made with Mississippi teachers in mind. We know that when teachers have access to HQIM, including curriculum, students succeed at a…
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