Mississippi is largely poor because it never industrialized before industrial jobs started getting automated away or off shored. I think it's interested that t

Mississippi is largely poor because it never industrialized before industrial jobs started getting automated away or off shored. I think it's interested that they're now investing heavily in early reading education, teacher training, and holding kids back who need more time to learn to read. They've also focused on evidence based reading curriculum which is great. It seems like they're starting to show progress and some of those lessons might be applicable in other states. Maryland as the article points out does a terrible job teaching poor kids to read, just abysmal and its a very rich state.