2015/05/12 -Almost 600 four-year-olds in Jackson Public Schools can be found this year huddled around Smart Tables or touching the screens of iPad minis and Smart Boards in classrooms. Thanks to an influx of technology materials provided by federal funds, …..
2015/05/12 – There are two big elections today, a special election in north Mississippi to replace the late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee and in Biloxi to replace longtime Mayor A.J. Holloway, who resigned. The First District congressional race has a field …..
2015/05/12 – The student failure rate of the new third-grade reading test is hitting hard at some low-income school districts that will not easily find the resources to help students pass subsequent tests. Mississippi legislators created the test, often referred as …..
2015/05/11 – Jackson Public Schools could retain up to twice as many third graders as the rest of the state. Results from the so-called third-grade gate test, which requires students to demonstrate reading proficiency before moving on to the fourth grade, …..
2015/05/11 – Racial and religious slurs as well as comments regarding the female anatomy fill what appears to be the social media page of a high-ranking officer in the Jackson Police Department. Dating back to 2009, the Twitter page of Commander …..
