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A cohort at Reimagine Prep reads while they wait to be dismissed from “Friday Celebration”; …

• September 23, 2015

Christina McDonald has been teaching and working in charter schools since she graduated from Belmont …

• September 23, 2015

Chasity Underwood takes a break and does the “Cha Cha Slide” with her Jackson State …

• September 23, 2015

Chyna Harris is a fifth grader in the Mississippi State Cohort at Reimagine Prep; she …

• September 23, 2015

Midtown Public Charter School was still under construction when school started in August, so students …

• September 23, 2015

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• September 23, 2015

We Need to Learn From Charter Schools Before Expanding Them

It is too early to deem charter schools a success or failure in Mississippi. We are witnessing the beginning of a limited experiment in privatized "public" education starting this year …

Garrett Responds to the JFP

Mayor Tony Yarber, toward the end of Tuesday's council meeting, addressed "allusions" of a deal being cut to reward the contract to Denali-Garrett. Yarber simply said there were no under-the-table …

News Headlines That Don’t Exist - But Should

Between crime talk and controversy, the news can look pretty bleak. Here are a few headlines—some wishful and some weird—that would brighten Jackson’s day.

Mark Landis, subject of Art and Craft

• September 23, 2015

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• September 23, 2015

God Is Still in Public Schools

I am a high-school teacher and a Christian. And I have some great news: God is still in our public schools.

Josh Ferguson

Josh Ferguson says his favorite part of bartending at Babalu Tacos & Tapas is meeting people.

School Official Wants Probe of Anti-42 Emails

Although legislative opponents to school-funding ballot Initiative 42 have been threatening deep cuts to state agencies—and therefore state jobs—for months, a new front has opened up in the battle for …

Mary Coleman: Bringing ‘New Energy’ to MDOT

Coleman's primary election went to a run-off that she won by a large margin to Robert Amos. She now faces Dick Hall, the incumbent who has served in that role …

Unleashing the Vibe

Lucas Pettey, Owen Rockwell and Jason Mathena of The Vibe Doctors will perform for their album release show Friday, Sept. 25, at Sneaky Beans.

Physical Art Making Taboo History

While Taboo Dance & Fitness is normally used for fitness classes, on Saturday, June 27, it made history as the home of Mississippi's first pole-fitness competition, Miss Taboo.

On Education, Privilege and Empowerment

Payton Head, student body president at the University of Missouri, my alma mater, recently wrote that while walking through campus Sept. 11, a pickup truck full of white guys screamed …

Yarber Shelves $15M Sludge-Hauling Contract

With the Jackson City Council’s vote last week against a proposal for federal government-mandated hauling of biosolids from a city wastewater treatment plant, Mayor Tony Yarber is asking government regulators …