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The Seventy Four breaks down the results.

Siding with Republican legislators, voters in the nation鈥檚 poorest state a citizen-led ballot initiative that would have required lawmakers to 鈥渁dequately fund鈥� public schools or face lawsuits. They also rejected a legislature-approved alternative initiative, which education funding advocates argued was only included on the ballot to confuse voters.

In order for either of the initiatives to pass 鈥� effectively amending the state鈥檚 constitution 鈥� they needed approval from 40 percent of voters. The Clarion-Ledger reported that 54 percent of Mississippians rejected any changes to the state constitution.

鈥淚 think it was a very healthy thing that, for the last six months in Mississippi, we鈥檝e had a robust debate about how to solve our education system,鈥� Grant Callen, founder and president of the school choice advocacy group Empower Mississippi, told The Seventy Four. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great affirmation that citizens like the path we鈥檙e on and recognize we have more work to do but the amount of money is not nearly as important as how the money is being spent.鈥�

At the root of the debate was a 1997 law establishing a formula to determine adequate levels of school funding necessary to achieve successful student performance. Since then, state lawmakers have fully funded the formula only twice  鈥� shortchanging public schools by about $1.7 billion since 2009.

Read The Seventy Four鈥檚 earlier coverage on Mississippi鈥檚 confusing, controversial, and deceptive ballot war over school funding.

Republican businessman Matt Bevin Kentucky鈥檚 gubernatorial election, handily beating Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway. Bevin will replace Democrat Steve Beshear, who could not seek reelection because of term limits. Bevin is staunchly to Common Core, though it is unclear to what extent he will push to repeal it. The election comes at a time when, by some metrics, Kentucky鈥檚 education system has made gains: Between 2010 and 2013, the state in Education Week鈥檚 Quality Counts annual report. Kentucky has been held up by many Common Core supporters as an of how to implement the standards successfully, and suggested the more rigorous standards were leading to achievement gains. Bevin also campaigned on support for school vouchers, while Conway emphasized early childhood education.

Three members of the Jefferson County school board were overwhelmingly and the five-person board completely turned over. The race in a large suburban district west of Denver fueled fierce local debate and attracted after a series of controversial moves from the board鈥檚 conservative majority, including to revise history standards to downplay 鈥渃ivil disorder鈥� and 鈥渟ocial strife.鈥� Money poured into both sides, including from teachers unions supporting the recall effort and the Koch brothers, who backed the conservative majority. In the end, the three conservative members were recalled and replaced, while two new members 鈥� also backed by recall supporters 鈥� won regularly scheduled elections.

Conservatives in nearby Douglas County 鈥� a large, affluent district south of Denver 鈥� also suffered a setback after three incumbent school board members re-election by wide margins. However, a majority on the seven-member board still supports current policies, including performance pay and school vouchers.

In Denver, the reform camp a solid grip over the school board. Three seats were up for election, and ideological lines were sharply drawn. On one side were three candidates who were by a group aligned with Democrats For Education Reform and supportive of current district policies, including increases in charters schools, performance pay for teachers, and tough accountability standards. On the other side were three skeptics of current policies by the city teachers unions. Of particular was an attempt by the district to increase school integration by changing enrollment zones, which one of the union-backed candidates to forced busing. In the end, at least two of the reform candidates won out, with another holding onto a narrow lead in a for an at-large seat. Regardless of the outcome, candidates supportive of current policies will have a large majority on the seven-person board.

Jim Kenney became Philadelphia鈥檚 next mayor in a landslide , easily beating nominal opposition in the form of Republican businesswoman Melissa Murray Bailey. Kenney was by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) during a hotly primary. Education activist Helen Gym 鈥� who also union support and was by AFT president Randi Weingarten at her victory party 鈥� a seat on the City Council. Philadelphia faces sharp divides over the expansion of charter schools, as the state faces a budget crisis.

Two months after Houston Independent School District Superintendent Terry Grier , the city鈥檚 school board incumbents are struggling to hold onto their seats.  Grier鈥檚 administration thrust the country鈥檚 eighth-largest school district into the national limelight over the last several years — as he implemented a slew of reforms including a performance-based evaluation and bonus program for teachers but increasingly faced pushback from the teachers union and activists at board meetings. Tuesday鈥檚 election, in which four of nine seats were up, was . Two of those races produced clear-cut winners while the other two will be decided in a Dec. 12 runoff election. Incumbent Juliet Stipeche, a Grier critic who was endorsed by the Houston Federation of Teachers, was defeated by Diana Davila, a former board trustee who hired Grier but also recently rallied against him. Two other candidates endorsed by the teachers union 鈥� Jolanda Jones and current school board President Rhonda Skillern-Jones 鈥� fared reasonably well. Meanwhile, current school board trustee and Grier supporter Manuel Rodriguez was forced into a runoff with Jose Leal, a charter school assistant principal. The new board will be tasked with picking a new superintendent to replace Grier when he leaves in March.