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As someone who attended public school in Mississippi in the 2000s, this is deeply surprising to me. The quality of education I received was abysmal, and at that time there was no sign of anything turning around. Glad that the next generation is getting something better.

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I attended in the late 80s, early 90s and originally thought my education was subpar relative to other states. As I got older, I realized my fundamentals were solid and I'd constantly be surprised by what people people didn't know that I learned in middle school.

That said, I could see the gap when it came to others who participated in Honors or more advanced topics in high school. This is a smaller subset of most school's students, but I walked away with a sense that education in these topics at other schools were more rigorous.

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