2015/04/27 – “15, 15, 17, you have 17 blue.” Children at this Head Start in Jackson are learning how to count and recognize colors in a beautifully decorated classroom. Nita Thompson, Executive Director of the Head Start Association in Mississippi says …..
2015/04/23 – Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday vetoed an “anti-Common Core” bill passed by the Legislature, saying it doesn’t guarantee the national education standards won’t be used in Mississippi schools. “I remain firmly committed to ending Common Core in Mississippi,” Republican Bryant …..
2015/04/23 – The Mississippi Department of Education issued the first of what it says will be many charges against Clarksdale Municipal School District educators for cheating on the 2012-13 statewide assessments. At a press conference Thursday in Jackson, state Superintendent Carey Wright …..
2015/04/22 – It always happens—just when a fad arrives in Mississippi, the fad’s progenitors become less enamored of it. Take the so-called “third grade reading gate”—which requires students to pass a literacy test before moving to the next grade—now under way …..
2015/04/20 – Three big names in education in the state discussed the state’s education issues during a panel at Millsaps College on Friday. Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, state rep. and House Education Committee Chairman John Moore and 42 for Better Schools …..
