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Many national observers questioned whether the Ole Miss and Mississippi State football teams would be up to the task and back up their wins from Oct. 4 over two Top 10 opponents.
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GULFPORT -- Kindergarten is not mandatory in Mississippi, but State Superintendent Carey Wright would love to see that changed.
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On Saturday, the critics had their answer. The Rebels and Bulldogs are the real deal and both are in the hunt for the new four-team College Football Playoff.
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With less than a month until her one-year anniversary in the Magnolia State, Wright sat down with the Sun Herald and touched on a number of topics. What she really wanted to talk about, however, was the need for early education.
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Mississippi State (6-0) handled then-No. 2 Auburn, 38-23, and Ole Miss (6-0) beat Texas A M, 35-20, on the road in a game where the final score did not indicate how truly dominant the Rebels were.
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"It's just frightening to think about how our children are coming in," she said.
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Thanks to three straight wins over Top 10 opponents, the Bulldogs were awarded Sunday the first No. 1 ranking in the school's history. MSU, which earned 45 first-place votes, holds a significant margin in the AP Top 25 over No. 2 Florida State, which is followed closely by No. 3 Ole Miss.
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The Mississippi Department of Education is in the process of applying for a pre-kindergarten development grant from the federal government worth up to $15 million for four years. The grant could expand existing pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds by about 3,100 spots.
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The 1-2-3 teams are the same in the Amway Coaches Poll, leaving little doubt as to which teams are considered the best in the land.
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With the number of Mississippi children living in poverty on the rise, Wright said it's imperative to open up public pre-K for families who cannot afford private pre-K facilities.
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The rise of Ole Miss and MSU has been breathtaking. Mississippi State becomes the first team to go from unranked to No. 1 in the span of five weeks in the 78-year history of the AP poll. MSU and Ole Miss are the lone remaining undefeated teams in the SEC at the midway point of the season.
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This past year was the first where the state had a state-wide kindergarten readiness assessment. More than 44,000 students took the test and Wright said the results, which will soon be released to the public, are close to alarming.
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For MSU and Ole Miss fans accustomed to being overlooked on the national stage, it's a surreal and sweet moment.
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"If there is evidence as compelling as it could possibly be for the need for early childhood programming, it's the results of this kinder
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MSU discouraged fans from rushing the field Saturday after the win and they followed the suggestion for the most part. Only a handful of delirious Bulldog fans made their way onto the turf.
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garten assessment," Wright said.
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Instead, it was a simple and joyous scene at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville. Coaches and players hugged and Mississippi State president Mark Keenum stood in one end zone, pumping his fist and shaking everyone's hand as they passed.
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The superintendent told of one instance where a district called her office asking for help because it had a child who didn't know any shapes, colors or letters. The child, she said, knew none of the basic building blocks.
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While this level of success may be a new experience for MSU, the school's fans acted like they had been there before.
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"We have got to have kids in kindergarten. It can't be an option," she said. "To me, if we're going to improve education in this state -- and we are -- we have got to get children into high-quality learning as quickly as we can. And then have them prepared."
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Nearly 600 miles to the west in College Station, Texas, Ole Miss backed up its win over Alabama by trouncing Texas A M with another great performance.
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Asked if there's pockets of resistance in the Legislature to early childhood education that's not related to finances, Wright said she was surprised to find some people believe it's governmental intrusion into a family matter.
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The most impressive part of the Rebels' win is the fact they did it on the road in front of 105,121 fans -- the largest crowd for a football game in the history of the SEC and the state of Texas.
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"It was just a foregone conclusion (to me) that you went to pre-K. You didn't even think about that," she said, referring to Maryland and the District of Columbia, her last two professional stops. "When you have the level of poverty like you do in D.C. and Mississippi, the beautiful way as we all know to get children out of that is to educate them so that they have an opportunity to do something different."
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No team faced a tougher road environment Saturday than Ole Miss, and it led 35-7 early in the fourth quarter over an Aggies team once thought to be a national contender itself.
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That was before Texas A M crossed paths with the two Mississippi teams. Mississippi State thumped then-No. 6 A M, 48-31, on Oct. 4.
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If you discount the four meaningless touchdowns scored in the fourth quarter by Texas A M against Ole Miss and MSU the last two weeks, the Aggies were out-scored by the Mississippi schools by a total of 83-24.
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Ole Miss and Mississippi State have both stolen the thunder of defending national champion and previously No. 1 Florida State (6-0), and the impact goes well beyond the borders of Mississippi.
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In a year where the sport of football has only been attached to negative storylines on the pro and college level, Ole Miss and Mississippi State provide the feel-good story of the season.
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However, this is no fairy tale.
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The Bulldogs and Rebels have a shot at more history, and they appear up to the challenge.
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Revision as of 17:56, 30 October 2014

GULFPORT -- Kindergarten is not mandatory in Mississippi, but State Superintendent Carey Wright would love to see that changed. With less than a month until her one-year anniversary in the Magnolia State, Wright sat down with the Sun Herald and touched on a number of topics. What she really wanted to talk about, however, was the need for early education. "It's just frightening to think about how our children are coming in," she said. The Mississippi Department of Education is in the process of applying for a pre-kindergarten development grant from the federal government worth up to $15 million for four years. The grant could expand existing pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds by about 3,100 spots. With the number of Mississippi children living in poverty on the rise, Wright said it's imperative to open up public pre-K for families who cannot afford private pre-K facilities. This past year was the first where the state had a state-wide kindergarten readiness assessment. More than 44,000 students took the test and Wright said the results, which will soon be released to the public, are close to alarming. "If there is evidence as compelling as it could possibly be for the need for early childhood programming, it's the results of this kinder garten assessment," Wright said. The superintendent told of one instance where a district called her office asking for help because it had a child who didn't know any shapes, colors or letters. The child, she said, knew none of the basic building blocks. "We have got to have kids in kindergarten. It can't be an option," she said. "To me, if we're going to improve education in this state -- and we are -- we have got to get children into high-quality learning as quickly as we can. And then have them prepared." Asked if there's pockets of resistance in the Legislature to early childhood education that's not related to finances, Wright said she was surprised to find some people believe it's governmental intrusion into a family matter. "It was just a foregone conclusion (to me) that you went to pre-K. You didn't even think about that," she said, referring to Maryland and the District of Columbia, her last two professional stops. "When you have the level of poverty like you do in D.C. and Mississippi, the beautiful way as we all know to get children out of that is to educate them so that they have an opportunity to do something different."

Wright said the application for the pre-K grant is due Wednesday and she expects to know if Mississippi received the money by December.

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