2015/05/21 – The DOJ released a 29-page report Thursday detailing systemic deficiencies which contribute to serious harm and risk of harm at the jail facilities. The Department of Justice has found that Hinds County’s jail facilities are “facilities in crisis.” According …..
2015/05/21 – Mississippi kindergartners improved their reading skills since fall, according to the results of the first statewide assessment measuring growth from fall to spring. More than 40,000 kindergartners took the STAR Early Literacy test in October and again in May. …..
2015/05/20 – Records show MDE payments made to Caveon for Clarksdale investigation ended in January. For the past year, the Clarksdale Municipal School District has operated under a shadow of suspicion cast by claims of widespread cheating first revealed by …..
2015/05/20 – Mississippi’s support of strict national school-lunch nutrition standards ranks higher than the national average despite persistent claims they leave kids hungry or dissatisfied, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project. Eight out …..
2015/05/20 – Forty-five years ago, songs like Edwin Starr’s “War” and Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” took aim at America’s actions in Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as the death count of south Asian citizens and soldiers on both sides …..
