City & County
Aspire Helps Single Parents Finish College
Barbara Pitts Riley, of Arkansas-based nonprofit Aspire, says her organization is making college degrees a reality for single-parent heads of households.
Universities Voice Support for Capital Money Plan
As they present their annual request for capital spending, leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities say they're pleased with the Legislature's pledge to borrow $100 million a year to cover …
College Board Approves Budget for UMMC's Medical-School Building
The University of Mississippi Medical center plans to start construction on its new medical school building this fall.
Education
Common Core: Is Raising the Bar Enough?
Young Jackson Public Schools scholars returned to classrooms last week. And whether Aug. 8 marked the first time riding a big, yellow bus or the final year of locker assignments, …
Tuition Isn't Only Bill College Students See
Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.
JSU Using $800K of Housing Fees to Rent Motel
Facing more demand than it has dormitory beds, Jackson State University will spend more than $800,000 to rent a motel to house students for the coming school year.
Bryant Names 3 to Charter School Board
Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed three members to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, the board responsible for approving and overseeing public charter schools in Mississippi.
Proposal Would Ban Private Schools from MHSAA
The private-public school debate has officially gone public.
Education
Great Expectations
Brinda Willis shares lessons from her first school experiences as a child.
City & County
Team JPS: Public Schools Need Community
On a drizzly early April evening, a group of students, parents and educators gathered at Provine High School's auditorium for a town hall meeting. The subject was dropout prevention.
Books
Read the Book First
My husband and I have struck a deal with our 11-year-old son, Mateo, regarding the "Harry Potter" series: To see the movie, he has to read the book.
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Undocumented, Unafraid and Back to School
For many of Mississippi's high school juniors and seniors, back to school means taking AP courses, doing research on what college or university to attend, and maybe even planning for …
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Let's Do Lunch
Back-to-school time means back to packing lunches. It can be all too easy to get into a rut, packing a virtually identical lunch every day just before the family flies …
Books
Back to Green
There is something exhilarating about the process of filling a shopping cart full of fragrant new crayons and crisp new paper and the coolest backpack characters of the season.
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We Achieve More Together
As an educator and a parent, I understand how important it is to have a good parent/teacher relationship from the beginning of the school year.
