one pillar of mississippi s new strategy is increasing reliance on phonics and broader approach to literacy called the science of reading gaining ground around the country, mississippi was at the forefront of this movement. joining us now theary ca jones, president of the mississippi association of educators. great to have you here. we talk about this on america s newsroom. it is an interest of mind. can you give people a description of the scope and scale of the problems mississippi was facing in terms of educating its young people? sure, thank you for having me. starting around 20 13shgs we were really looking at issues that involved our reading instruction especially with our elementary schools. what we did was started reaching out and using the fun for reading that focused on the five components of reading that allows our students in our elementary schools to learn how to read and to carry that over to other subjects.
ourselves. reading is important for not only for students in our state but across the nation as well. dana: what kind of difference does it make for a child growing up in mississippi to be able to have this kind of a basic level of education? one thing that we know once we have our reading instruction grounded, once we are using different strategies our students can use that in science, history as well as mathematics. dana: do you know what you have done here? do you feel good about it? as a second graded indicator i feel great about this. something we can be proud of. for so long we were at the bottom and now making tremendous gains and i can t continue to express how happy i am about this. dana: you are a remarkable person and hope to meet you in person one day. erika jones, we ll stay in touch. dana: thank you. he says beating trump is more
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