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Opinion | Congress Must Act to Save Mississippi Head Start Funding
Eloise McClinton writes about the rising costs of Head Start programs in North Mississippi and asks Congress to provide more funding.
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IHL Settles With Former Jackson State Vice President in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning reached a settlement with former Jackson State University Vice President Debra Mays-Jackson for $330,000 over a sex discrimination lawsuit, making it the second sex discrimination settlement reached by IHL this summer.
Rankin County Families Grapple With End of School Desegregation Order
A federal court has lifted a decades-long desegregation order on the Rankin County School District. While some progress has been made, families and advocates argue the order is still necessary.
Mississippi Schools Enforcing Tighter Attendance Rules Thanks to New State Law
Changes to the Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law, which went into effect on July 1, limited the number of excused absences for students and tightened protocols for unexcused absences in Mississippi public schools.
‘A Beacon in Indian Country’: New Mississippi Choctaw Central Campus Is Largest Indigenous School District
Choctaw and national leaders celebrated the opening of the new Choctaw Central middle and high school campus with traditional dancing, singing and drumming at a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 14.
Mississippi Launches Workforce Pell Grant Applications for Training Programs
Mississippi launched its Workforce Pell Grant program on July 1. The program, established under President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Act, allows students to use federal Pell Grant funds qualifying short-term training programs.
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Opinion | School Choice Options Don’t Always Extend to Immigrant Students
William McCorkle and Beth Lloyd write about how school choice policies often leave immigrant and low-income students behind.
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