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Campus of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, where MSMS is housed.

James Fallows
June 7, 2016

Over the years my wife Deb and I have frequently mentioned the remarkable Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science. You can read about some of its successes in posts collected here,…

Students from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science doing a historical re-enactment in the town cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi, in 2014.

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K-12

Budget Challenges at a Remarkable Mississippi School

James Fallows
June 4, 2016

An update on what's happening at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science.

Illustration by Adam Voorhes and Robin Finlay.

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Civic Life

How America Is Putting Itself Back Together

James Fallows
February 22, 2016

Most people in the U.S. believe their country is going to hell. But they’re wrong. What a three-year journey by single-engine plane reveals about reinvention and renewal.

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Civic Life

A Police Shooting Case in Mississippi

James Fallows
February 22, 2016

Over the past few years we’ve mentioned many of the positive developments underway in the three counties of northern Mississippi (Lowndes, Clay, and Oktibbeha) collectively known as the “Golden Triangle.”…

The MSMS in Columbus, Mississippi (Deborah Fallows)

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K-12

Mississippi Students Write About Life in Their Home State

Deborah Fallows
February 18, 2016

Inspiring young writers connect with their literary legacy

Turn-of-the-century postcard of a steamboat on the Tombigbee River in Columbus, Mississippi.

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Education

Punching Above Their Weight in Mississippi

Deborah Fallows
February 11, 2016

Mississippi schools come in #49 in many national rankings. Read these essays and poems by high school students from Columbus, Mississippi. Then tell the folks who make up the rankings that they need a different algorithm.

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Economic Development

Documentary: Manufacturing Returns to Columbus, Mississippi

James Fallows
February 8, 2016

A documentary about Columbus, Mississippi produced for the American Futures project.

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Civic Life

American Futures Updates, from MS to AZ to CA

James Fallows
May 28, 2015

NPR conveys the sound of an innovative school in Mississippi, plus other news from the road

Historical re-enactment by students at Mississippi School for Math and Science in Columbus, MS (James Fallows)

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Arts

‘The Blue and the Gray’

James Fallows
March 25, 2015

A historically oriented performance comes from New York to the Southern site that inspired it.

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Economic Development

It Takes a Village to Staff a Factory

James Fallows
July 10, 2014

"It indeed is an oasis, but the passion and commitment are replicable elsewhere." A Kenyan-born man working in Mississippi on some of the things the state has done right.

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Community Colleges & Technical Training

Raj Shaunak and the Economic Boom in Eastern Mississippi

James Fallows
July 8, 2014

It's one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It's something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.