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Governor:Phil Bryant
State Superintendent of Education:Tom Burnham
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:490,526
Number of school districts:152
Number of public schools:1,083
Number of public school teachers:32,255
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,104
Percent minority students:54.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:70.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:13.0%
Percent of English-language learners:1.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:25.1%
8th grade math:19.3%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:21.8%
8th grade reading:21.0%

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When Komal Bhasin heard that her New Orleans school was shutting down in preparation for a hurricane, she anticipated having an extra, leisurely day for lesson planning. Instead, the teacher fled to Huntsville, Ala., to escape the wrath of Hurricane Katrina.
March 7, 2008 - Education Week
Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, and New Jersey are among the states that could be affected.
November 8, 2007 - Education Week
Kentucky and Mississippi also will select their governors in the 2007 electoral season.
October 25, 2007 - Education Week
A year after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, many preschools, child-care centers, and other early-childhood programs in the region are still struggling to reopen.
September 6, 2006 - Education Week
States and school districts that opened their doors to students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are anxiously watching the fate of $650 million in a potential second round of federal aid to cover the costs of educating such students.
May 9, 2006 - Education Week
Cash-strapped school districts in areas ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are worried they may have to return federal aid meant to cover the cost of educating displaced students because a federal deadline allows them scant time to determine how to use the money.
April 25, 2006 - Education Week
Gulf Coast school administrators say they have received little or no posthurricane reconstruction money from FEMA so far.
April 25, 2006 - Education Week
Gulf Coast school districts teetering on the brink of financial disaster after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck last year have high hopes for the pot of federal aid intended to help them recoup money they used to get up and running again. But many have yet to see the funds, and others say it won’t be enough.
March 28, 2006 - Education Week

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