Mississippi, Not California, Is the Education Future

With reading scores nationally sliding the wrong way, Mississippi and the other Southern states offer a beacon of hope.

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Amiracle defies the laws of nature.

This is why “the Mississippi Miracle,” the sobriquet for the extraordinary gains that students in the Gulf State have made in reading in recent years, is a misnomer.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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