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For more than two decades now, Mississippi has struggled to keep certified teachers in the classroom – especially in the Mississippi Delta, one of the most historically underserved areas in the nation. That’s essentially an entire generation of Mississippians who likely didn’t receive an adequate education. Mississippi Today and The Hechinger Report spent a year deeply delving into the causes of the teacher shortage and what the detrimental effects of that actually look like for students, teachers and parents.