Archive · 23 Jan 2026
Mississippi's Education Success Highlighted by Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel wrote about how Mississippi has improved its educational system.
He said Mississippi focused on teaching kids to read using phonics, which is a method that has been proven to work.
They also trained teachers to be better at teaching reading.
Emanuel thinks other places in America should follow Mississippi's example instead of giving up on public schools.
He believes this model can make the educational system world-class again.
Mississippi focused on phonics-based reading systems for teaching kids to read.
The state constructed a system to train teachers effectively.
Emanuel believes the rest of America should adopt Mississippi's educational model.
Mississippi chose to spend less time on topics that dominate Washington's education agenda.
The model has been proven to work and should be adopted nationwide.
- Who
- Rahm Emanuel
- What
- Mississippi's educational success
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Mississippi, USA
- Why
- To highlight effective educational practices
- Author
- Rahm Emanuel
- Publication
- The Wall Street Journal
- Key Focus
- Phonics-based reading systems
- Teacher Training
- Effective teaching methods
- Model
- Proven educational model for the rest of America