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More than 60 Mississippi Teacher Corps alumni have filled teacher vacancies in Marshall County since 1997.

A partnership launched in 1997 between Marshall County Schools and the Mississippi Teacher Corps at the University of Mississippi has transformed into a pipeline for educators reshaping classrooms and leadership across the district.

Sixty-one Mississippi Teacher Corps educators began their teaching careers in Marshall County since the first placements there in 1997, including eight alumni who stayed and eight teachers enrolled in the program.

“The partnership with Marshall County is one of the strongest we have,” said Joe Sweeney, the program’s director and an alumnus of the program. “We know the district is going

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