Thursday, September 24, 2020

Madison Station is National Blue Ribbon School

The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following statement. 
 U.S. Department of Education today recognized four Mississippi schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.


The following Mississippi schools were recognized:



City                       School Name                                            District

Olive Branch         Center Hill High School                           DeSoto County School District

D'Iberville              D'Iberville Elementary School                 Harrison County School District

Madison                 Madison Station Elementary School        Madison County School District

Biloxi                     Popps Ferry Elementary School               Biloxi Public School District



“This prestigious honor is the result of hard work by teachers, administrators, students and parents. I congratulate them on their awards and for providing an outstanding education to all students,” said Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education.



The coveted National Blue Ribbon School award affirms the hard work of educators, families, and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging and engaging content. Now in its 38th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed almost 10,000 awards to more than 9,000 schools, with some schools winning multiple awards. Schools are eligible for nomination after five years.

 

The department recognizes schools in one of two performance categories, based on all student scores, student subgroup scores and graduation rates:



  • Exemplary High Performing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests.

  • Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing Schools are among their state’s highest performing schools in closing achievement gaps between a school’s student groups and all students.

Both Center Hill High School and Madison Station Elementary were recognized as “exemplary high performing schools,” and D’Iberville and Popps Ferry Elementary schools were recognized as “exemplary achievement gap closing schools.”



“Congratulations to this year’s National Blue Ribbon School awardees,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. “It’s a privilege to recognize the extraordinary work you do to meet students’ needs and prepare them for successful careers and meaningful lives.”



Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The department invites National Blue Ribbon School nominations from the top education official in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and the Bureau of Indian Education. Private schools are nominated by The Council for American Private Education (CAPE).



The 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards Ceremony will be held virtually Nov. 12 and 13. Recipients will receive plaques and flags via mail.


Photographs and brief descriptions of all 2020 National Blue Ribbon Schools are available at https://www.ed.gov/nationalblueribbonschools.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Based on the locations of these schools, it is apparent that the local school systems/parents were/are the driving force behind their excellence and that Carey Wright had nothing to do with it.

With over 100,000 students in D/F-rated schools, why is she still here?

Anonymous said...

thank you Mayor Mary!!!

Anonymous said...

So it says: "The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups." I don't mean this in a sarcastic way, but since I am generally suspect of the "goals" of so many education-related groups, I feel compelled to ask: If the lower "subgroups" were to rise in achievement by bringing down the achievement of the upper "subgroups," wouldn't that be tantamount to closing the achievement gaps of which they speak, and thereby qualify the school for recognition?

Either way, ut seems to me the published goal of this group is either misstated or misguided.

Anonymous said...

No JPS schools on this list. Maybe they need to sell more bonds.

Anonymous said...

Wishing the Jackson Public Schools would use these sucessful local schools as role models instead of hiring high priced "educators" from other environments to emulate.

Anonymous said...

Things like this happen in spite of, not because of, Carey Wright.

Anonymous said...

2:02 I'd ask you why does it matter who is at the head if success is just dependent on who attends and how much parental involvement there is? Until you can find a leader who can figure out how to make the parents of the 100,000 students in D/F rated schools care about education it won't much matter who is at the helm.

Anonymous said...

What the hell has 'Mayor Mary' got to do with it. We have two things to thank for this: Two parent families and parental involvement in a child's education.

Nobody in town knows who gets the credit for hiring or retaining Carey Wright.

Fire Carey Wright said...

"If the lower "subgroups" were to rise in achievement by bringing down the achievement of the upper "subgroups," wouldn't that be tantamount to closing the achievement gaps of which they speak, and thereby qualify the school for recognition?"

I don't know the answer to your specific question...but I do know that would certainly be the goal of leftists who are all about equality of outcome, dumbing down, averaging accomplishment, eradicating excellence and participation trophies.

Anonymous said...

KF and others: does any one have the average expenditure per student at Madison Station, versus JPS, versus the state as a whole?

I'd like to see those numbers?

Anonymous said...

3:22, Carey gets paid $300,000 a year to figure that out.

Anonymous said...

I hate to knock this guys, but this distinction is more about documenting your programs and submitting it for review. The time they spent on this may have been better utilized actually teaching the kids.

Anonymous said...

A good thing happens in MS education and you want to fire it’s leader. You should consider therapy. Did your momma not give you enough attention as a boy?

Anonymous said...

So that logic is that if the Governor or whoever fires Cary Wright then all the lazy parents who currently turn their kid's education over to mostly strangers that probably don't care as much about teaching their kids as they do about getting their 25 years at PERS so they can retire will miraculously start engaging? Because they don't now because of her? OK, got it. Let's make a change.

Of Chalkboards and Paddles said...

9:28 - Tell me what the hell Carey Wright has to do with this (or most anything else) as a starting point and we can discuss further. Every three years that pass by, we have pissed away almost a million dollars in salary to this woman.



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