Millsaps Group Helping Boost Businesses
Millsaps College has formed ELSEWorks, a group of students and faculty that engages the area's business and community leaders to promote growth and opportunity.
30 Years Later, Nation Remains at Educational Risk
U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game.
College Board Approves Plan to Divide State Aid
Mississippi University for Women, the University of Mississippi and Alcorn State University will get financial boosts under a new formula to distribute state money among Mississippi's eight public universities.
College Funding Formula Set for Full Board Vote
A College Board committee voted Wednesday to send a plan shifting how state money is distributed among Mississippi's eight universities to the full board.
Bryant Signs Charter School, Other Education Bills
Gov. Phil Bryant continues to tout the "transformative" potential of new education measures.
College Board Eyes Changes to Shares of State Cash
A College Board committee will consider Wednesday a new funding formula meant to equalize state money among the state's eight universities.
Culture
Greed is Good
Boneqweesha Jones: "Welcome to the Ghetto Science Public Television premiere of 'Stuff That Matters.' Yes, I'm back on the scene like a record machine and ready to share and talk …
Analysis: Education Focus Shifts to Implementation
If 2013 was the education session for Mississippi's Legislature, it will be followed by the implementation season.
One-On-One Technology Eyed by Lamar Schools
When Oak Grove High School principal Helen Price recently took a trip to Daphne High School in Daphne, Ala., she was astounded by what she saw there.
Senate Panel Blocks Bomgar from Education Board
The Senate Education Committee blocked Joel Bomgar's nomination to join the state Board of Education Thursday on an 8-7 vote.
Miss. Lawmakers OK Partially State-Funded Pre-K
Mississippi government would directly fund a limited preschool program for the first time under a bill on its way to Gov. Phil Bryant.
Mississippi House Passes Charter Schools Bill
House members voted 62-56 Tuesday with no debate to approve a House-Senate agreement on House Bill 369.
Education
Charter Schools on Track to be Law
After once debating the issue well past midnight earlier in the session, yesterday the Mississippi House approved a charter-school bill without a peep from opponents.
Analysis: Reeves Risks Blame if Charter Bills Fail
Tate Reeves looked like a wizard after his first legislative session as Mississippi lieutenant governor.
Education
Dems: Reprioritize to Fund Schools
The Mississippi Legislature does not lack the money to fully fund education; it lacks political will, Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, says.
