Ben Guest’s Blog Vox 2007-04-25T15:46:05Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22523f3adf219/2006/04/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... Hollandale, Part One: tag:vox.com,2007-04-25:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669691be2b 2006-05-01T05:46:00Z 2007-04-25T15:46:05Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Children in Poverty: United States: 14% Mississippi: 31% Washington County: 39% Hollandale: 54% “How can a country like this allow it? Maybe they just don’t know.” Robert Kennedy, during his visit to the Mississippi Delta. There are four ways t...

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]]> Hollandale, Intro: tag:vox.com,2007-04-25:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e6696a7be2b 2006-05-01T05:42:00Z 2007-04-25T15:46:12Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've been working on a survey of Hollandale, the little Delta town where I lived and taught while in the Teacher Corps. Having been in the Peace Corps, and by virtue of having successful, globetrotting parents and grandparents, I've been exception...

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]]> Recruiting tag:vox.com,2007-04-25:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6e44cd5 2006-04-18T05:16:00Z 2007-04-25T15:46:13Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We have 23 slots filled and six people we are waiting to hear from. Here is a copy of the email I recently sent to the six: Hi Everyone, This email is going to the six people who are still making their final decision regarding the Mississippi Te...

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