City & County
JPS Implements Changes, Fires Administrators
While Jackson Public Schools has been very vocal about the changes it is implementing this year to help students excel, it has been less open about recent changes in their …
Fitch Launches Financial Literacy Initiative
State Treasurer Lynn Fitch says she wants to help Mississippi young people become more comfortable with handling their finances.
City & County
JSU to Spend Up to $1.9 Million to Rent Apartments
Jackson State University will lease a 444-bed apartment complex next to its campus, with hopes of buying it later to accommodate increasing enrollment.
Education
Building a School From the Ground Up
Appointed the Head of School at The Redeemer's School in January, DeSean Dyson was planning the opening and creation for The Redeemer's School, which will welcome its first class of …
Miss. Gets Money for Advanced High School Exams
The U.S. Department of Education will give Mississippi nearly $55,000 to help pay the costs of low-income high school students taking Advanced Placement and other exams that could help them …
Prepaid Tuition Plan to Reopen with Higher Prices
Mississippi's prepaid college tuition program will resume selling contracts Oct. 1, but with sharply higher prices.
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Early Ed: Critical to Child Success
Ninety percent of a child's critical brain development occurs between birth and age 5. Children in Mississippi are not required to attend school until age 6.
Invest in Little Mississippians
Mississippi does not prepare kids for school early enough. As we report this week (See, "Early Ed: Critical to Child Success," page 17), the benefits of early education investment is …
City & County
Benefits of JPS Grade Recovery Program Disputed
Sarah Phillips, a former Forest Hill math teacher, is concerned that the district has a so-called grade recovery program that allows failing students to pass a course after taking a …
Musgrove Seeks Support for School Funding Lawsuit
A group of lawyers including former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is traveling Mississippi trying to get school districts to sign up for a lawsuit against the state seeking repayment of the …
Education
School Formula Calls for $312 Million More in 2016
Mississippi's public schools need an additional $312 million from lawmakers next year to fully fund the formula that determines how much money education is supposed to get.
Education
Senator Calls for Mississippians to Sign Petition for Fully Funded Education
Members of the Jackson community gathered at the Mississippi Art Center on Wednesday to push forward discussions about fully funding public education in Mississippi.
Education
On Educational Funding
The Mississippi Economic Council recently completed its 19-city Pathway to Progress listening tour. In each of these meetings, the council polled business and civic leaders about the most important issues …
Education
Taking MAEP to the People
After three weeks on the job, Better Schools, Better Jobs had signatures of 40,000 Mississippi voters for Initiative 42, which would require the state Legislature to fund "an adequate and …
Education
Report: Better Health and Child Care Could Mean More Mississippi College Graduates
Women attending Mississippi's community colleges struggle to graduate on time, often because they are beset by a lack of child care options and insufficient financial aid, according to a recent …
