Winters rousing speech addresses race, education By Jimmie E. Gates | Clarion Ledger | July 31, 2014 PHILADELPHIA -- Former Gov. William Winter spoke at the Neshoba County Fair for the 26th time Thursday and a large crowd gave him a standing ovation. The 91-year-old Winter said that in the last 60 years there has been a real difference in the state. We have come further than any other state, but we still have a ways to go because we were so far back, Winter said. Winter threw his support behind efforts to support a ballot initiative next year to require full funding of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, a formula used to fund public education in the state. Also, Winter, who was governor when the state passed education reforms in 1980s, said he hopes a pilot pre-kindergarten program will lead to a statewide pre-k in Mississippi. It is a proven way to prevent dropouts, Winter said. https://maetoday.nea.org/index.php/News-Articles/winter-s-rousing-speech-addresses-race-education.html
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:26:36 +0000
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