JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Some Mississippi schools are recovering from technical problems with online state tests. The Mississippi Department of Education says some schools had problems connecting with the test for about an hour Tuesday […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi is honoring its teacher and school administrator of the year. The Mississippi Department of Education says Whitney Drewrey, who teaches students with disabilities at Lafayette Upper Elementary School in the […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A former high-ranking employee at the Mississippi Department of Education has received a $48,000 contract to do two months of consulting work for the agency. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/2r55AmT ) the […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Many of Mississippi’s public schools will be able to boast of high marks for one more year under Mississippi’s A-to-F school rating system, but state officials continue to warn that grades […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Education’s new budget includes a request for $1 million to focus on cheating in the public schools. Department spokesman Pete Smith told The Clarion-Ledger the agency has no money set […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Greenwood school district will get six more days to respond to a report by the Mississippi Department of Education that claims widespread violations of state standards occurred in the district. […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State officials say they plan to use bolstered state funding to hire more literacy coaches and better train teachers as schools seek to meet legislative requirements that all third graders read […]
First memorial bell-ringing ceremony held at Jackson State University
Friday prayer vigils scheduled throughout city
Governor calls for moment of silence
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa
Interim Managing Editor
From the Governor’s office, the Mississippi Department of Education, Jackson Public Schools and Jackson State University, Mississippians expressed their sorrow and concern for the safety of all school children, after the Dec. 14 murder of 20 children and six adults by a lone gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Conn…. […]
Mississippi’s obesity rate in high school students has dropped, knocking the state’s teens out of the number one spot down to number five in obesity nationwide.
A 2011 survey finds the rate of obesity among Mississippi high school students down to 16.5 percent from 18.1 percent in 2009. […]
Mississippi elementary and middle school teachers have a new tool to improve academic performance in the classroom.
The Mississippi Department of Education has launched a new campaign to help teachers incorporate physical activity into lesson plans. The “Move to Learn” campaign is based on two academic studies that show a correlation between increased fitness and improved test scores, as well as fewer absences and fewer disciplinary incidents at school. […]
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