Mississippi's Reading Triumph: Education Future for Ghana?

Eiii Ghana! We dey talk say something dey happen for Mississippi, USA wey be say e fit change how we dey teach our kids for school top. For the past ten years, Mississippi move from number 49 go number 9 for how fourth-grade students dey read. E no be juju o, na serious work dey inside!

The 'Mississippi Miracle': Weytin Dey Inside?

Dem dey call am 'Mississippi Miracle' but e no be miracle true true. E be say dem take phonics serious, set proper standards for the kids, and boom! The reading skills improve. Other Southern states for America sef dey do the same thing and e dey work for dem too.

Imagine, Mississippi move from 49th position go 9th position for fourth-grade reading for only ten years! Dem dey do well pass for low-income children, Black kids, and Hispanic kids. If you check am well, dem be number one for the whole nation when you consider socio-economics and demographics.

How Dem Take Do Am?

Back in 2011, only one out of every five fourth graders for Mississippi sabi read well. So, for 2013, dem pass law say teachers must understand how reading dey work (phonics), send literacy coaches go schools, identify students wey dey struggle early, and hold back students for third grade wey no ready to move forward.

Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana don follow the same pattern, and dem dey see results too. All of this start from a reading law wey Florida pass for 2002 wey help students for there achieve more.

Weytin Ghana Fit Learn?

The lesson be clear: if we want make our kids read well for Ghana, we for take phonics serious, train our teachers well, and make sure say we dey help students wey dey struggle early. E no be miracle, na hard work and proper planning!

Maybe we fit stop dey say “Thank God for Mississippi” sarcastically and start dey admire dem for how dem take solve demma literacy problem. E be possible for Ghana too if we put our heart into it!