{"id":2486347,"date":"2025-09-14T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-two-states-better-than-mississippi-in-teacher-freedom-report\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:53:55","slug":"only-two-states-better-than-mississippi-in-teacher-freedom-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-two-states-better-than-mississippi-in-teacher-freedom-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Only two states better than Mississippi in teacher freedom: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The article reports on a Heritage Foundation study ranking Mississippi highly in teacher freedom, placing it third nationally behind Florida and Arizona. The Education Freedom Report Card ranks Mississippi 17th highlighting that nearly half of the state’s teachers enter the profession through option certification routes and that the state has full reciprocity for teacher licensure from other states. Mississippi requires teachers to pass the Praxis exam, even though the Heritage Foundation questions the test’s effectiveness in predicting teacher quality. The state does not employ “chief diversity officers<\/a>” in school districts<\/a> and does not use Common Core-aligned assessments. Heritage recommends eliminating the Praxis exam requirement for prospective teachers. Other rankings for Mississippi include 20th in education choice,25th in return on investment,29th in transparency,and 39th in civic education. The overall ranking dropped six spots from the previous year, though teacher freedom improved by one spot. The Heritage Foundation promotes policies based on free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional american values, and strong national defense.

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