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‘Ready to Kill Some Folks’: Okolona School District Investigating Teachers’ Alleged Texts

by Torsheta Jackson June 18, 2024June 20, 2024

Okolona Municipal Separate School District officials are investigating messages allegedly sent between two Okolona Middle School teachers.

A man looks on at a computer screen with pencil in hand helping a child with homework

Opinion | ‘I Am No Stranger to Shame:’ A Letter to Encourage Black Educators

by Sean Brown June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

Opinion | Mental Health Needs a Front-Row Seat in Education

by Camilla Potts May 23, 2024June 11, 2024

Gov. Tate Reeves delivers speaks from a podium inside

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Gov. Reeves Endorses INSPIRE Act’s School Funding Overhaul: ‘Fund Students, Not Systems’

by Ashton Pittman March 27, 2024June 11, 2024

Educators teaching in districts or subjects considered as critical needs, like Rickey Fields (left) and Kristy Sanchez (right), could receive housing and moving expenses through the Mississippi Critical Needs Act if it becomes law. Photo courtesy Joe Sweeney

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Mississippi Teacher Shortage Program Could Be Extended to 2027

by Torsheta Jackson March 15, 2024August 1, 2024

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Opinion | Jessie Simmons: Teacher and Unsung Civil Rights Hero

by Valerie Hill-Jackson March 6, 2024June 11, 2024

a student sits in a room looking to the right as his classmates raise their hands

Opinion | Fully Fund Our Public Schools First, Then Brag.

by Chris Grey, Sr. February 6, 2024June 11, 2024

A woman in front of a chalkboard holds her head as though with a headache

Opinion | Students and Schools Are More Stable When Teachers Get Mental Health Support

by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams January 30, 2024June 11, 2024

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‘Guardian’ Program For Guns In Schools Passes Mississippi House

by Kayode Crown March 10, 2023June 11, 2024