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Category Archives: Columbus MS

June 4, 2016

Budget Challenges at a Remarkable Mississippi School

Columbus MS, Community Colleges and Career-Technical Schools, High Schools

Budget Challenges at a Remarkable Mississippi School

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by James Fallows

An update on what’s happening at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. (Read it here.)

 

May 28, 2015

American Futures Updates, from Mississippi to Arizona to California

Ajo AZ, Columbus MS, High Schools, Women

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by James Fallows
NPR conveys the sound of an innovative school in Mississippi, plus other news from the road  (Read it here.)

July 10, 2014

It Takes a Village–to Staff a Factory

Columbus MS, Uncategorized • Tags: Education, Workforce Development

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by James Fallows
“It indeed is an oasis, but the passion and commitment are replicable elsewhere.” A Kenyan-born man working in Mississippi on some of the things the state has done right. (Read it here.)

July 8, 2014

Raj Shaunak and the Economic Boom in Eastern Mississippi

Columbus MS, Community Colleges and Career-Technical Schools, Economic Life • Tags: Columbus MS

Raj Shaunak and the Economic Boom in Eastern Mississippi  lead-3 by James Fallows

It’s one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It’s something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.  (Read it here.)

June 7, 2014

Now That Mississippi Is In the News

Columbus MS

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by James Fallows
Can the media avoid a freak-show tone? (Read it here.)

June 6, 2014

Build Your Own 3D Printer

Columbus MS, High Schools • Tags: Columbus MS

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by Deborah Fallows
High-school science projects from Mississippi (Read it here.)

June 4, 2014

The Endless Civil War Goes On

Columbus MS

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by James Fallows
Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, grapple once more with the question of “what’s the worst we will put up with?”  (Read it here.)

June 2, 2014

The Endless Civil War, Continued

Columbus MS

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by James Fallows
“Should the people in Mississippi stay poor? I would suggest taking a serious look at the answer ‘yes’.” So says a reader who lives elsewhere. (Read it here.)

June 1, 2014

The Modern Orphans of Mississippi

Columbus MS, Local Institutions • Tags: Orphanage

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by Deborah Fallows
“Actually, the children live very well.” (Read it here.)

May 30, 2014

Heavy Industry in the Mississippi ‘Prairie’: Why Are These Factories Here?

Big Business, Columbus MS

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by James Fallows
“Live every second as if your ASS is on fire,” and other words of wisdom. (Read it here.)

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