Education

Education, economic growth, and quality of life are inseparable. Our technology-driven global and local marketplace requires an educated and well-trained work force to further economic opportunity. Mississippi’s future successes depend on our public policy commitment to superior education.


Mississippi Republicans believe our education resources and funds should be focused on classroom instruction and instructors. We believe the recruitment, training, and retention of qualified teachers is an essential priority for our schools to succeed.


We believe to ensure our teachers are free to teach, school boards and administrators should support and defend teachers by enforcing disciplinary standards so students involved in drugs and violence are not permitted to disrupt classrooms. Mentor teachers should assist younger teachers in learning classroom management. Teacher pay should reflect the importance we place on education, with increased salaries for high performance teachers and instructors with long-term experience.


Parents are responsible for their children’s education. We believe our schools must respect and reinforce parental authority and should make every effort to involve parents in the education of their children. Parental involvement in education should extend to allowing parents to choose the school that best meets the educational needs of their children. Our public policy should recognize the rights of parents who choose to educate their children at home or in non-public schools. We should encourage parents, teachers, and communities facing failing results to try creative ideas such as charter schools. While we may provide incentives and encouragement for voluntary early childhood education, we must respect families who do not choose that option. Students seeking a job-skills route rather than a college degree option should be provided such an alternative for career preparation and dropout mitigation.


Mississippi Republicans continue to support voluntary, student-led prayer in our public schools. 

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