Misc

Great article and book about a current Ole Miss football player, Michael Oher, and the economics of high school, college, and pro football.

NAEP profile of Mississippi. NAEP is the national assessment of schools, much more stingent than the state assessment, MCT. As you can see Mississippi has gone backwards in reading.

The Delta Task Force is looking at ways to revitalize the Delta. In my opinion, unless industry comes back, the Delta will continue to die its slow death.