Children in Mississippi’s capital city are getting shortchanged. The Mississippi Department of Education had been investigating the Jackson Public School District, and recently released a report which found the district in violation of 24 out of the 32 standards that all Mississippi public school districts are required to meet.

High schools have also been letting students slide on graduation requirements — students graduated despite failing their exit exams.

On September 14, the Mississippi State Board of Education voted to put the Jackson Public School District under state authority.

None of Jackson’s seven high schools provided the required amount of teaching days to students, and 10 elementary schools did not provide the minimum required instruction time to pre-K students.

Read the full article by Gerard Robinson at American Enterprise Insititute