Mississippi School and District Accountability Grades: A Cause for Celebration or Concern?
Kim L. Wiley calls on Mississippi lawmakers to fully fund the MAEP to give students and educators additional long-term support.
Kim L. Wiley calls on Mississippi lawmakers to fully fund the MAEP to give students and educators additional long-term support.
“T.C. Taylor has a legacy himself and is expected to build upon the program’s story of greatness,” Dr. Arianna Stokes writes.
“The notion that we should be grateful is embedded in the idea that we were not good enough in the first place,” Dr. Arianna Stokes writes.
Brooke Floyd learned of the National Organizing Fellowship she completed this year through People’s Advocacy Institute Executive Director Rukia Lumumba, who encouraged the Jackson, Miss., native to apply.
“Whether you vote for the candidate directly, or vote for the official who appoints them, you have the power. You must use it,” Body writes.
“Politicization happens when candidates connected with deep pockets use hardline partisanship and, often, religion to incite fear about decisions affecting our children,” Becky Glover writes.
The Forrest County Campus of Pearl River Community College offers several wraparound services, such as food pantries and clothes closets, that aid students who may be struggling financially.
“Till” is the latest example of Mamie Till-Mobley fulfilling her mandate that Americans must never forget what happened to her boy.
The Mississippi Legislature’s attempt to divert $10 million in federal relief funds toward private schools for infrastructure improvements is “a clear violation of the Mississippi Constitution,” Hinds County Chancery Court Judge Crystal Wise Martin ruled Thursday.
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