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Mississippi's reading scores have skyrocketed thanks to science-based reforms: phonics-focused instruction, teacher training, literacy coaches, and strong accountability like third-grade retention. From near the bottom in 2013 to top-tier on NAEP by 2024—proof that evidence-based changes work! New Jersey educators and policymakers: Time to follow suit and boost our... show more

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Mississippi went from having the 2nd worst ranked reading scores in the entire country to almost the best Here’s how “How did America's poorest state Mississippi go from being ranked 49th in the nation for reading in 2013 to 9th in 2024 while spending just $32 per student? In 2013, Mississippi passed the Literacy based Promotion Act and started investing in the building blocks of education, systematically phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. They based their approach on research by IES, which showed kids need explicit, carefully sequenced phonics instruction, teaching the relationship between letters and sounds, not just guessing words from pictures and context clues. Mississippi also focused on training K-three teachers and put literacy coaches in struggling schools. They even started to hold back third graders who couldn't read proficiently, paired with intensive support to catch up. The results speak for themselves. Between 2013 and 2024, reading scores declined by more than 10 points in nearly every state except Mississippi, the only one that improved.”

Mississippi went from having the 2nd worst ranked reading scores in the entire country to almost the best Here’s how “How did America's poorest state Mississippi go from being ranked 49th in the nation for reading in 2013 to 9th in 2024 while spending just $32 per student? In 2013, Mississippi passed the Literacy based Promotion Act and started investing in the building blocks of education, systematically phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. They based their approach on research by IES, which showed kids need explicit, carefully sequenced phonics instruction, teaching the relationship between letters and sounds, not just guessing words from pictures and context clues. Mississippi also focused on training K-three teachers and put literacy coaches in struggling schools. They even started to hold back third graders who couldn't read proficiently, paired with intensive support to catch up. The results speak for themselves. Between 2013 and 2024, reading scores declined by more than 10 points in nearly every state except Mississippi, the only one that improved.”

Wall Street Apes

136,093 views • 5 months ago

Today, Michigan is 48th in the country in 4th grade reading. Meanwhile Mississippi has gone from one of the worst to one of the best states for literacy because they embraced a phonics based approach. Let’s get back to the basics, quit teaching DEI, and start teaching ABCs again. The future of our kids and our state depends on it!

Today, Michigan is 48th in the country in 4th grade reading. Meanwhile Mississippi has gone from one of the worst to one of the best states for literacy because they embraced a phonics based approach. Let’s get back to the basics, quit teaching DEI, and start teaching ABCs again. The future of our kids and our state depends on it!

Mike Cox 2026

47,306 views • 8 months ago

Mississippi and Alabama schools have recently shown significant improvements in educational performance, with Mississippi rising from 49th to a top 10 state in fourth-grade reading levels. These states have implemented effective reforms, such as early literacy laws and strict disciplinary policies, contributing to their academic success despite lower spending compared to other states. These developments highlight a shift in educational success in the South, with Mississippi and Alabama leading the way in innovative reforms and improved student results. Mississippi and Alabama improved school performance through reforms such as early literacy laws requiring phonics, stricter retention and promotion policies, universal literacy screeners, and rigorous curricula. Additionally, both states implemented strict disciplinary policies to maintain order in classrooms, which contributed to better learning environments.

Mississippi and Alabama schools have recently shown significant improvements in educational performance, with Mississippi rising from 49th to a top 10 state in fourth-grade reading levels. These states have implemented effective reforms, such as early literacy laws and strict disciplinary policies, contributing to their academic success despite lower spending compared to other states. These developments highlight a shift in educational success in the South, with Mississippi and Alabama leading the way in innovative reforms and improved student results. Mississippi and Alabama improved school performance through reforms such as early literacy laws requiring phonics, stricter retention and promotion policies, universal literacy screeners, and rigorous curricula. Additionally, both states implemented strict disciplinary policies to maintain order in classrooms, which contributed to better learning environments.

Victoria 🇺🇸⏳🗽🚔

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🚨Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on President Trump's EO slashing the Department of Education: “The Department of Education was founded in the 1970s, and since then, we have spent more than $3 trillion on this federal bureaucracy. What has been the return on that investment for the American taxpayer? Levels that are less than ideal — less than proficient. Our children’s test scores are incredibly concerning when it comes to reading rates, literacy rates, math, and science test scores. The numbers prove that. This president is finally taking much-needed action to return education to where it belongs — to educators closest to students, in their classrooms, in their respective states.”

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25,580 views • 1 year ago

Mississippi went from 49th to 9th in their reading scores - known as the “Mississippi Miracle.” Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama adopted the same (phonics) model and are seeing similar gains for their kids. It works. What are we waiting for? We need the courage to stand by our kids. China is not holding back America’s kids. That’s on all of us. It’s time to put American children first.

Mississippi went from 49th to 9th in their reading scores - known as the “Mississippi Miracle.” Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama adopted the same (phonics) model and are seeing similar gains for their kids. It works. What are we waiting for? We need the courage to stand by our kids. China is not holding back America’s kids. That’s on all of us. It’s time to put American children first.

Rahm Emanuel

664,683 views • 7 months ago

Illinois public schools have been mandated to teach LGBTQ+ history to kids before they even finish the 8th grade. This law, signed by Gov. Pritzker, shifts the classroom focus away from core academics like math and reading. Our schools should be focused on foundational education and raising academic standards, not pushing social agendas on young children. Parents—not the state—should have the authority to guide these sensitive conversations with their kids.

Illinois public schools have been mandated to teach LGBTQ+ history to kids before they even finish the 8th grade. This law, signed by Gov. Pritzker, shifts the classroom focus away from core academics like math and reading. Our schools should be focused on foundational education and raising academic standards, not pushing social agendas on young children. Parents—not the state—should have the authority to guide these sensitive conversations with their kids.

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1,134,598 views • 3 years ago

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Marilyn Muller

28,282 views • 1 year ago

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Rob Cerjanec

14,544 views • 8 months ago

“Whole word” reading teaches kids to read by relying on crutches, like context and pictures By contrast, phonics is is best taught by eliminating all possible shortcuts and isolating the skill of decoding for focused training This 3yo (almost 4) is looking for the word “big” mixed in among distractors like: bgi, blg, gib This ensures he’s not just guessing at words by their first letter, or whether they have the right letters in the wrong order. He has to sound the word out from left or right, building his decoding skills and setting him on the path to becoming a fluent reader

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57,373 views • 9 months ago

one of my favorite aspects of this new work is that it is generative, not based on an arbitrary random number, but based on the chaos of real life. the physical sculpture is constantly pulling in news and real-time data from all over the world and the NFT is updated daily as well with this hectic collage of information overload... i believe in the future more work will be dynamic like this allowing us to reimagine real-time data in new ways based on different events happening in the world...

one of my favorite aspects of this new work is that it is generative, not based on an arbitrary random number, but based on the chaos of real life. the physical sculpture is constantly pulling in news and real-time data from all over the world and the NFT is updated daily as well with this hectic collage of information overload... i believe in the future more work will be dynamic like this allowing us to reimagine real-time data in new ways based on different events happening in the world...

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155,779 views • 1 year ago

Karoline Leavitt just put on another masterclass in front of the media. Reporter: "What do you say to critics of the President's education plan?" Leavitt: "Where was their criticism of our nation's failing test scores for the last several decades? The Department of Education was founded in the 1970s, and since then, we have spent more than $3 trillion at this federal bureaucracy. What has been the return on that investment for the American taxpayer? Levels that are less than ideal, less than proficient. Our children's test scores are incredibly concerning when it comes to reading rates, literacy rates, math and science test scores. The numbers prove that." SHUT IT DOWN, Mr. President.

Karoline Leavitt just put on another masterclass in front of the media. Reporter: "What do you say to critics of the President's education plan?" Leavitt: "Where was their criticism of our nation's failing test scores for the last several decades? The Department of Education was founded in the 1970s, and since then, we have spent more than $3 trillion at this federal bureaucracy. What has been the return on that investment for the American taxpayer? Levels that are less than ideal, less than proficient. Our children's test scores are incredibly concerning when it comes to reading rates, literacy rates, math and science test scores. The numbers prove that." SHUT IT DOWN, Mr. President.

George

3,652,557 views • 1 year ago

Anybody who knows me knows how passionate I am about education. My dad was a pediatrician and I was on track to become an early childhood educator. We have a national education crisis in America. Both parties have gotten sidetracked on the education metrics that matter by engaging in culture wars – whether it be bathroom access or what topics we can teach in schools. We need to nationalize the 'Mississippi Miracle' and 'Alabama on Math' models to improve our kids’ reading and math scores. I refer to this as TART: ✅Technology (to make kids ready for AI disruptions) ✅Attendance (to tackle the significant absentee rate post-COVID) ✅Reading (using the Mississippi Miracle doctrine) ✅Truth (to ensure parents know their kids' progress based on national standards) I spoke with Megyn Kelly about where we have gone wrong in education and what we can do to fix it.

Anybody who knows me knows how passionate I am about education. My dad was a pediatrician and I was on track to become an early childhood educator. We have a national education crisis in America. Both parties have gotten sidetracked on the education metrics that matter by engaging in culture wars – whether it be bathroom access or what topics we can teach in schools. We need to nationalize the 'Mississippi Miracle' and 'Alabama on Math' models to improve our kids’ reading and math scores. I refer to this as TART: ✅Technology (to make kids ready for AI disruptions) ✅Attendance (to tackle the significant absentee rate post-COVID) ✅Reading (using the Mississippi Miracle doctrine) ✅Truth (to ensure parents know their kids' progress based on national standards) I spoke with Megyn Kelly about where we have gone wrong in education and what we can do to fix it.

Rahm Emanuel

34,227 views • 10 months ago

America is experiencing a major literacy crisis It’s apparent if you watch shows that have 20 year olds from 10 years ago vs shows put out today that have 20 year olds in them, it’s shocking “The difference is astounding. You can just, the literacy crisis is screaming” “50% of the US can't read above a 6th grade level. So our vocabularies are just shrinking because we have the internet to do everything for us. But it is so sad because people do not confront one another the same way they used to” This statement is 100% true: “50% of the US can’t read above a 6th grade level” This comes from analyses of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, run by the OECD and US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics Approximately 130 million US adults, roughly 54%, have low literacy skills described as reading below the equivalent of a 6th-grade level This is WILD

America is experiencing a major literacy crisis It’s apparent if you watch shows that have 20 year olds from 10 years ago vs shows put out today that have 20 year olds in them, it’s shocking “The difference is astounding. You can just, the literacy crisis is screaming” “50% of the US can't read above a 6th grade level. So our vocabularies are just shrinking because we have the internet to do everything for us. But it is so sad because people do not confront one another the same way they used to” This statement is 100% true: “50% of the US can’t read above a 6th grade level” This comes from analyses of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, run by the OECD and US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics Approximately 130 million US adults, roughly 54%, have low literacy skills described as reading below the equivalent of a 6th-grade level This is WILD

Wall Street Apes

84,478 views • 2 months ago

8.5 million people in the UK struggle with basic reading and writing. This hits our poorest communities the hardest and traps too many people in a relentless cycle of economic exlusion. That’s why this morning I spoke on Jeremy Vine about redirecting funding from ESOL towards improving literacy for people in Lincolnshire. The current system isn’t working as it should. It’s time to rethink how we support people in Lincolnshire on improving their literacy. I’m creating a new approach that delivers better results, focuses on practical English language skills, and makes sure taxpayers can see the difference their money is making in their communities.

8.5 million people in the UK struggle with basic reading and writing. This hits our poorest communities the hardest and traps too many people in a relentless cycle of economic exlusion. That’s why this morning I spoke on Jeremy Vine about redirecting funding from ESOL towards improving literacy for people in Lincolnshire. The current system isn’t working as it should. It’s time to rethink how we support people in Lincolnshire on improving their literacy. I’m creating a new approach that delivers better results, focuses on practical English language skills, and makes sure taxpayers can see the difference their money is making in their communities.

Dame Andrea Jenkyns DBE 🇬🇧

14,110 views • 10 months ago

TIME TO ABOLISH TEACHERS UNIONS AND FIRE RANDI WEINGARTEN America’s schools are failing at the most basic job: teaching kids to read. Less than half of students in places like New York can pass basic English. That’s not a glitch. That’s the result. While red states like Mississippi climbed from near the bottom into the top 10 with the “Mississippi Miracle,” the teachers unions and progressive education establishment keep pushing ideology instead of literacy. Randi Weingarten still has a job. History gets rewritten. Parents get cut out. And kids who can’t read are left to take the activists’ word for everything. If the goal was actually educating children, mayors like Mamdani would be calling Governor Tate Reeves and asking how Mississippi did it. They’re not. Because reading, writing, and real history aren’t the priority. Activism is.

TIME TO ABOLISH TEACHERS UNIONS AND FIRE RANDI WEINGARTEN America’s schools are failing at the most basic job: teaching kids to read. Less than half of students in places like New York can pass basic English. That’s not a glitch. That’s the result. While red states like Mississippi climbed from near the bottom into the top 10 with the “Mississippi Miracle,” the teachers unions and progressive education establishment keep pushing ideology instead of literacy. Randi Weingarten still has a job. History gets rewritten. Parents get cut out. And kids who can’t read are left to take the activists’ word for everything. If the goal was actually educating children, mayors like Mamdani would be calling Governor Tate Reeves and asking how Mississippi did it. They’re not. Because reading, writing, and real history aren’t the priority. Activism is.

Gunther Eagleman™

16,465 views • 16 days ago