Mississippi Schools To Likely See More Emphasis On Literacy, Teacher Merit ...
The Department of Education requested $2.5 million in their July budget request for an early education pilot program, but their request was left out of Bryant's proposal.www.huffingtonpost.com
Former Pascagoula Superintendent Hank Bounds gets contract extension as ...
JACKSON, Mississippi -- Hank Bounds will get at least four more years as the head of Mississippi's public university system.blog.gulflive.com
Mississippi governor's budget includes no increase for DeSoto schools
The Bryant budget plan would spend about $24 million for education programs in addition to the $2.04 billion Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Among those is $15 million to ensure that public school third-graders can read. "We will no longer ...www.commercialappeal.com
Moss Point expected to drop to 4A next year, George County to 5A
The Mississippi High School Activities Association released preliminary State Department of Education enrollment numbers on its website Thursday, and a pair of local schools are expected to drop in classification beginning next school year.blog.gulflive.com
Pascagoula's Charles Busby replaces charter schools opponent on House ...
"Issues involving public education in Mississippi deserve a full vetting by our legislators. With this decision, the speaker has ensured that that won't happen here.blog.gulflive.com
Mississippi School Funding Shortfalls Could Trigger Even Lower Target
The Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula currently would generate $2.36 billion for the upcoming 2013-14 school year for local school districts.www.huffingtonpost.com
Early Learning: Will Mississippi Jump In And Provide Funds For Early Education?
The request to expand Mississippi Building Blocks follows increasing media coverage of early education in Mississippi, one of 11 states in the nation, and the only state in the south, that does not fund pre-K. The program works to improve school ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mississippi Charter Schools Get A Second Chance
Last April, a similar proposal failed by one vote after five Republicans in the House Education Committee broke rank and voted against the bill.www.huffingtonpost.com
Education ranks as high priority for Jackson County business, civic leaders
Enlarge Bill Starling | bstarling@al.com Todd Trenchard, senior vice president of business development and public relations director for Merchant and Marine Bank, left, talks to a group of local business and civic leaders Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 as his ...blog.gulflive.com
The Baryshnikovs Of Jookin
Ms. Smythe was able to sponsor her students by help from Nike, Arts Memphis, education funds from Arts Outreach and other sources, and she paid Lil Buck $200 a week ($165 stipend, with additional performing and teaching fees, eventually reaching about ...www.nytimes.com
Physical Education Programs Stalled By State Loopholes: 2012 Shape Of The ...
According to the report, only six states - Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York and Vermont - require physical education at every grade level, from K-12. Just over half the country, 26 states, insist on some form of student ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Deborah Bishop, Mississippi Teacher, Uses Thousands In Game Show ...
Frustrated with the fact that her 42 sixth grade students only have four laptops to share, the 28-year-old Gardner Pilot Academy special education teacher will head to Morocco for the six-day Marathon Des Sables, considered the toughest foot race in ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Here is the latest Mississippi news from The Associated Press
(AP) The College Board voted unanimously yesterday to extend Hank Bounds' contract as commissioner of higher education.www2.wnct.com
Lawyers for disabled students: Miss. special education pact with Jackson ...
Lawyers on Thursday asked a federal judge to appoint a special education chief for Jackson Public Schools. They say the Mississippi Department of Education's history of delay proves the state is not up to the task. The move comes two days after Jackson ...www.therepublic.com
Bus tour stops in Mississippi for the first time
It's the first time The Appalachian Higher Education Bus Tour made a stop in Mississippi. These leaders were eager to learn what 13 Mississippi schools are doing to encourage more students to go to college after high school. "(Three years ago) 13 ...www.wtva.com
Charter schools opponent moved off House Education
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Republican speaker of the Mississippi House has shuffled committee assignments in a way that makes it easier to pass charter school legislation he supports.www.fox10tv.com
McKay named Director of Operations for Ocean Springs schools
He earned his bachelor's degree from Georgia College, where he also played baseball, and later earned his Master's in Education Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1998, he taught Physical Education at Oak Park Elementary in ...blog.gulflive.com
South MS superintendents share concerns, needs with state lawmakers
South Mississippi education leaders and state lawmakers sat side-by-side for a candid discussion on how to make our schools even better.www.wlox.com
Mississippi State pine beetle program wins national honors
The Mississippi Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program received the 2012 Family Forests Education Award at the Society of American Foresters' national convention held in Spokane, Wash.www.therepublic.com
$100-a-year fee likely at Ole Miss, Miss. State
"Initially, I was opposed to the idea, but after having conversations with both campuses, I became convinced that it was the right path to take," said Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds. Mississippi's six other universities are not currently ...www.whiotv.com
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