2015/5/21-Vision loss and blindness can be devastating, isolating people and increasing their risk of illness and death. And that burden falls hardest on people in poor communities, especially in the South. More than three quarters of the counties with the …..
2015/05/21 – The DOJ released a 29-page report Thursday detailing systemic deficiencies which contribute to serious harm and risk of harm at the jail facilities. The Department of Justice has found that Hinds County’s jail facilities are “facilities in crisis.” According …..
2015/05/21 – Mississippi kindergartners improved their reading skills since fall, according to the results of the first statewide assessment measuring growth from fall to spring. More than 40,000 kindergartners took the STAR Early Literacy test in October and again in May. …..
2015/05/20 – Jackson Public School board members on Tuesday voted for a new four-year contract for Superintendent Cedrick Gray. The board had extended Gray’s existing three-year contract last month for another year, but board members believed a longer-term contract was in …..
2015/05/20 – Records show MDE payments made to Caveon for Clarksdale investigation ended in January. For the past year, the Clarksdale Municipal School District has operated under a shadow of suspicion cast by claims of widespread cheating first revealed by …..
