A Mississippi Teacher Created A School In An Empty Storefront. Students Showed Up.

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The desks came out of a dumpster, and the computers are hand-me-downs. But students say Abundance Academy is a haven from bullying and crowded classes.

We're exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In the Mississippi Delta, education has long reflected the region's socioeconomic struggles, but as history here shows, hardship has been a mother of invention.

She would use a catchy cheer to teach her fourth and fifth graders to add and subtract fractions, and would introduce her high schoolers to critical race theory in a history lesson. The holiday show, a few days away, needed some direction. And the pipes in the bathroom were acting up again, so she had to track down a plumber.