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Pre-K Collaboratives Helping 4-Year-Oldsnew
Most 4-year-olds are learning more basic skills before entering kindergarten due to Early Learning Collaboratives, the Mississippi Department of Education is reporting.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Education
Full-Court Press for Mississippi Third Graders in Summer School Has Disappointing Resultsnew
Ever since Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed legislation two years ago declaring that third-graders could not be promoted without passing a test to prove they are adequate readers, parents, educators and advocates have debated the appropriateness of high stakes testing for eight and nine-year-olds.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Chiles and The Hechinger Report |
07-30-2015 |
Education
Rankin Schools Paying for Religion Violationnew
Magdalene Bedi, a junior at Northwest Rankin High School in 2013, didn't subscribe to an institutional religion, but considered herself spiritual—and not an atheist.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-24-2015 |
Education
The Steep Price of Summer Slidenew
Research from summerlearning.org suggests that unequal access to summer learning opportunities accounts for more than half of the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income students.
Jackson Free Press |
Robert Langford |
05-21-2015 |
Education
Have Legislators Thwarted Chance to Bring Funds to Cash-Strapped Mississippi Schools?new
Republican legislators introduced an alternative amendment to Amendment 42 that was passed by the Mississippi House of Representatives in a 64-57 vote on Tuesday. It deleted any reference to making the state responsible for providing funding to schools.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader |
01-18-2015 |
Education
Education Funding Center of State Budget Fightnew
The Mississippi Legislature does not officially convene until January, but the two parties are already wrangling over how to spend the state's money.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
12-19-2014 |
Education
Tags: education
State Loses Out on Preschool Funding—Againnew
Mississippi's flawed application and underdeveloped plans to provide preschool for all children is partly to blame for why the state's youngest learners were bypassed once again for federal funds that could have provided a boost to early education, a review found.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
12-19-2014 |
Education
Mississippi’s Education Enigmanew
The quality of education in Mississippi is falling behind the rest of the nation with only 61 percent of students graduating from high school on time and two-thirds of kindergarteners not ready to learn how to read.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-24-2014 |
Education
MAEP Opponents Complain About Program They Helped Implementnew
Many people who don't support the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which aims to support schools across the state with necessary resources, believe the formula is faulty. But few go beyond that in their explanation.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-02-2014 |
Education
Mississippi Sued for Underfundng Schoolsnew
Angered by the state's failure to fully fund the state's public schools, several Mississippi districts filed a lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
09-04-2014 |
Education
Will I Survive Student Debt?new
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports that the average student-loan borrower, or masochist, owes about $26,000 in student loans.
Jackson Free Press |
Zachary Orsborn |
08-07-2014 |
Education
What Is ‘Common Core’ All About?new
The Common Core, a set of math and English language arts standards that spells out what skills students are expected to master in kindergarten through 12th grade, will be rolled out in every Mississippi school this year.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
08-01-2014 |
Education
State Takeovers: A Fix for Failing School Districts?new
When the state took control of the Hazlehurst City school district in 2008, the small rural district was in chaos and suffering from abysmal academic performance.
Jackson Free Press |
Jackie Mader and The Hechinger Report |
03-28-2014 |
Education
The Battle Over Schoolingnew
Rep. Cecil Brown was chairman of the House Education Committee for seven years. He believes the most important thing to ensure good education for Mississippi’s children is community involvement in schools.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
01-04-2013 |
Education
Student Loans: Worth the Price?new
Between ever-increasing college tuitions and flattening of personal incomes for most middle- and low-income families, the only way many students can pay for college is to borrow.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
08-10-2012 |
Education
