excerpt: MarketWatch writer Thomas C. Frohlich analyzed education funding among the 50 states and listed Mississippi as fifth from the bottom on the states that spend the least on education. Frohlich identified per-pupil spending at $8,164 from total education spending of $4.5 billion (18th lowest in the nation – and that in a state with the nation’s lowest median household income at $37,095). Frohlich observed: “Nearly 18 percent of Mississippi elementary and secondary school funding came from the federal government, more than every state except for Louisiana. More than 19 percent of households in the state used food stamps in the 12 months prior to 2012, second– most in the nation. Education Week gave Mississippi an “F” in K-12 student achievement last year, making it the only state to receive a failing grade. Just 26.1 percent of fourth-graders, and 21.3 percent of eighth- graders, in the state were proficient in math, both among the worst nationwide.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:03:59 +0000
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