2015/03/19 – (Jackson, MS) – In light of the hanging death of Otis Byrd from Claiborne County, Mississippi, the NAACP Mississippi State Conference has released the following statement: From Derrick Johnson, President, NAACP Mississippi State Conference “The Mississippi NAACP calls …..
2015/03/01 – Mississippi schools spend up to one of every four days of the year giving their students standardized tests. The Mississippi Association of State Superintendents put the range of testing between 38 and 45 days of the 180-day school year. “Then …..
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 …..
