2015/01/16 – Mississippi will sever its ties from the controversial Common Core testing consortium known as PARCC, according to a press release sent Friday by the state Board of Education. The education board voted earlier to withdraw fromthe Partnership for the …..
2015/01/08 – Mississippi’s K-12 public education ranked last nationally in an annual report released Thursday that gave the state an F for academic achievement and a D+ each in finance and chance for success for an overall grade of D. The …..
2015/01/07 – JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Legislative Black Caucus’ request that House and Senate leaders fully fund Mississippi’s school budget formula appears likely to be fulfilled, based on early recommendations for state spending in this election year. The Mississippi Adequate …..
2015/01/06 – Common Core opponents packed the state Capitol on the first day of the 2015 Legislative session to show strength in numbers against the federal education standards they claim harms children. Carrying homemade signs and slick banners, the protestors gathered …..
2014/12/28 – STARKVILLE – Since we’re headed into a courthouse-to-statehouse election year in Mississippi, the political conversation will of course turn to who is responsible for any and every thing that’s not to the liking of the state’s electorate. Democrats tell …..
