{"id":44698,"date":"2014-11-30T09:56:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=44698"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:49:02","slug":"mississippi-teacher-corps-helps-transform-a-school-culture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mississippi-teacher-corps-helps-transform-a-school-culture-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Teacher Corps Helps Transform a School Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77BwBvCi7w8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM NEARLY FAILING TO A \u2018B\u2019 SCHOOL IN JUST FOUR YEARS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mississippi-teacher-corps-helps-transform-a-school-culture\/#.VFJYw0tkE5s\" target=\"_blank\">A program at\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ole<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Miss<\/span>\u00a0has helped a struggling Mississippi school district dramatically improve the quality and rigor of its academic programs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In 2009, North Panola School District ranked among the worst in the state, receiving a nearly failing mark. Today, the school has achieved a B rating from the state and has come out of state conservatorship.<\/li>\n<li>More than one-third of North Panola\u2019s teachers are current or former members of the\u00a0university&#8217;s\u00a0Mississippi Teacher Corps program, including three of the school\u2019s instructional coaches in English, science and social studies.<\/li>\n<li>Since May 2010, the graduate rate has risen from 49 percent to 72 percent.<\/li>\n<li>In subjects such as Algebra I and U.S. History, students\u2019 test scores surpass state averages and they\u2019re not far behind state averages in areas such as English II and Biology I.<\/li>\n<li>Last year, North Panola graduates received college scholarships valued at more than $2.2 million, up dramatically from $200,000 in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>An alternate route program, the Teacher Corps is a two-year commitment that culminates in a master\u2019s degree in curriculum and instruction from UM. Acceptance into the program is highly competitive and includes a full-time teaching job at a critical needs school and full tuition to UM.<\/li>\n<li>For the last two years, the Mississippi Teacher Corps program has placed record groups of 32 new teachers into schools throughout Mississippi. To date, the program has trained more than 600 teachers, most of whom are still involved in education across the nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM NEARLY FAILING TO A \u2018B\u2019 SCHOOL IN JUST FOUR YEARS: A program at\u00a0Ole\u00a0Miss\u00a0has helped a struggling Mississippi school district dramatically improve the quality and rigor of its academic programs. In 2009, North Panola School District ranked among the worst in the state, receiving a nearly failing mark. 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