Chronic absences, poverty impacting outcomes for Mississippi’s children, report says (hechingerreport.org)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 3/27/175:08 PM

Graduation rates are up, teen births are down and the percentage of children with health insurance coverage has increased in recent years, according to a new report from KIDS COUNT, a project of the nonprofit Annie E. Casey Foundation, which collects data on children from every state. But there are still several health, economic and academic factors that have kept Mississippi at the bottom of rankings when it comes to overall child well-being.

The report also highlighted some areas that are persistent challenges for the state, many of which have not received as much attention as other education issues.

You can check out data on many of these indicators by county, school district and ZIP code here.

To read more of Jackie Mader's article, please click here.

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