Miss. Universities Seek $76.3M Budget Increase
The College Board voted Friday to seek an additional $76.3 million in state funding for Mississippi's eight public universities when the Legislature gathers next year to write the 2016 budget.
Education Funding Focus of MML Panel
State education leaders said at a Mississippi Municipal League school funding forum that when the state doesn't fully fund schools, the bill winds up being the problem of local governments.
Education Leaders Back Common Core
Mississippi education leaders remain supportive of the Common Core academic standards.
College Board Delays Decision on Budget Request
College Board members are delaying a decision on how large a budget increase to seek from Mississippi lawmakers.
Senate Republicans Block Student Loan Bill
Senate Republicans have blocked an election-year attempt by Democrats to let people refinance their student loan debt at lower rates.
Obama Moves to Extend Student Loan Payment Relief
Aiming to alleviate the burden of student loan debt, President Barack Obama expanded a program Monday that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their income every month, and threw his support behind more sweeping Senate legislation targeting the issue.
Moses: Jim Crow Still With Us in Education
Dr. Robert Moses Jr., an architect of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964, connected the Jim Crow policies of the past with the underfunded education of today during his talk Monday at the Old Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson.
Aligning Business and Public Schools
Now that Anthony Johnson has unloaded the moving truck and started unpacking from his relocation from Nashville to Jackson, he's ready for his next logistical challenge—as executive director of Alignment Jackson, an organization dedicated to supporting and improving Jackson Public Schools through community engagement and support.
1st Mississippi Charter School Closer to Opening
The Charter School Authorizer Board voted Monday to accept the application of RePublic Charter Schools, which wants to open Reimagine Prep in Jackson, serving fifth grade through eighth grade.
The Summer Problem for Kids: In Mississippi, the Hottest Months Put Lower-Income Learners at Risk
Extensive research shows that all children are prone to learning losses when they do not have educational opportunities during the summer.
Lifting Up Black Boys: What the Experts Say
When a critical mass of the nation's foremost experts on educating black boys gathered in Jackson in April to hobnob, commiserate and impart their latest findings on how to get positive outcomes with this much-maligned population, it had the breathtaking impact of the locusts.
Course Aims to Increase Women in Miss. Politics
Organizers of a leadership course for college students say they're trying to increase the number of women in Mississippi politics.
Report: Rural Miss. Schools Poorer, More Diverse
Rural schools in Mississippi are growing in enrollment and serving more low-income and minority students than previous years, according to a report released Monday.
Atheist Group Renews Suit on Rankin School Prayer
A student supported by an atheist group says the Rankin County school district is still violating a ban on school prayer.
Inside Charter School Funding
On May 8, Mississippi's Charter School Authorizer Board will play the role of a university dissertation committee as groups hoping to start the state's first charter schools "defend" their applications.
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