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Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report

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MCIR: ‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students
By MCIR - Tara García Mathewson - The Hechinger Report
Tue,06/07/22-5:00PM , 2,279 Reads 37,926 Statewide
While corporal punishment has been stamped out across most of the US, some schools use it routinely — and pressure parents to choose it over suspension
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MCIR: Pandemic exacted a steep toll on people with disabilities
By JULIE WHITEHEAD | Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Thu,06/02/22-4:28PM , 1,648 Reads 27,520 Statewide
Legally blind and alone, Katrina Byrd of Jackson, Mississippi, was reeling from her partner’s death from ALS when the pandemic sent her into isolation, cutting her off from the services and help she needed.
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Pictured at the recent Ed and Becky Meek Foundation scholarship ceremony are, from left, recipients Sara Grace Wolfe, Shelby Boone, Libby Miller, Paris Holmes, DeShanelle Price and Jarvis Miller, Executive Director Meg Sinervo, Becky Meek, Ed Meek, and recipients Adrianna Flowers, Kendall Coker, Ava Ford, Breck Brewer, Aaliayah Bridges, Zyashanti Brooks, Josh Nelson, Houston Snyder, Barrett Stanford, Deja Walker, Jessie Willard, Elizabeth Willard. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)

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26 Tallahatchie students receive Meek Foundation scholarships
Thu,06/02/22-9:14AM , 11,281 Reads
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Combining diverse elements is eye-appealing
Thu,06/02/22-9:02AM , 1,687 Reads
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