2015/05/14 – WAYNESBORO, Miss. – Federal government oversight of the Wayne County, Mississippi, school system has ended. The Department of Justice says in a news release that a federal judge signed an order Tuesday dismissing the longstanding school desegregation case. The …..
2015/05/13 – Over the weekend, Nancy Gordeuk, the founder and director of TNT Academy, a small private school in the Atlanta area, made racially offensive remarks at the school’s graduation ceremony. After some confusion in the program, many in attendance thought the …..
2015/05/13 – Coahoma County, Miss.— A few months back, DeAngelo Bryant, a 19-year-old senior at Coahoma Agricultural High School, was in danger of not graduating. He had failed the state subject-area test in U.S. History, which is required for graduation. And …..
2015/05/13 – MCCOMB, Miss.—Monique Gilmore, who directs school and community relations for the McComb Public School District, enthusiastically greeted students at a school celebration last month, placing green Mardi Gras beads around their necks while proclaiming: “Here comes another scholar star!” …..
2015/05/13 – On May 6, Jackson Public Schools seemed to be suffering from a split personality. That morning, at Wingfield High School in south Jackson, education advocates and school officials hailed the school for lowering discipline problems by 94 percent between …..
