2015/05/19 – The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office will hold eight hearings across the state about Initiative Measure 42 and Alternative Measure 42-A. Initiative 42 seeks to amend the constitution to require that Mississippi fully fund public schools in accordance with …..
2015/05/18 – The Mississippi Vision Foundation is vying for a $25,000 grant to provide free eye exams and reading coaches to Canton third graders who failed last month’s statewide reading assessment. Some seven dozen children in the school district – and …..
2015/05/18 – In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Meridian Public School District, seeking to address and prevent racial discrimination in student discipline. Soon afterward, Advancement Project — in collaboration with ACLU of Mississippi, the …..
2015/05/18 – With bottom-barrel state funding and limited resources, Mississippi educators will spend the next three months trying to change the fate of more than 5,600 students doomed to repeat the third grade. Nearly 15 percent of public school third graders …..
2015/05/18 – The number of federal criminal charges has fallen over the past decade nationally, but the rate of decline in south Mississippi is more than twice that of the nation. According to Justice Department reports, the Southern District of Mississippi …..
