2014/12/18 – The Mississippi Board of Education is abandoning incremental goals in favor of big ones, according to a strategic plan released Thursday. The previous goal of raising the state’s graduation rate to 83 percent? Now officials want every student to …..
2014/12/18 – A state board has rejected a contract that would have bought tests for Mississippi students with intellectual disabilities. The Personal Service Contract Review Board voted Tuesday to reject the $1 million-a-year pact with the University of Kansas. It said …..
2014/12/17 – The Mississippi Legislature does not officially convene until January, but the two parties are already wrangling over how to spend the state’s money. With Republicans controlling both houses and the Governor’s Mansion, not a lot of compromise is necessary …..
2014/12/15 – In a state with a long history of lousy education, and a bad habit of not paying for it, nowhere is the problem as profound as in this tiny town smack in the middle of Mississippi. Durant Public School …..
2014/11/13 – It appears the White House has heard the cries of some civil rights advocates who’ve argued that its My Brother’s Keeper efforts focus too narrowly on boys of color, ignoring the often equally pressing challenges faced by black, Latina, …..
