Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Mississippi child care workers are strained by low pay and lack of training — but an additional $5 an hour in salary would prompt around […]
The South
The coronavirus pandemic hit communities hard in the rural Deep South, where schools are already among the most ill-resourced in the nation, well-paying jobs are few and necessities like Wi-Fi, public transportation and medical insurance are often out of reach. The Hechinger Report is investigating these problems and covering resiliency and innovation in communities fighting back against an education system that has yet to eradicate systemic racism and white supremacy.
