By Judy Willis Special to The Mississippi Link Education is the focus of part two of this series. Stacey Aileen Donaldson, national board project manager at the Mississippi Board of Education is featured. She has […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A plan to raise reading requirements for third-graders survived the Mississippi Senate by one vote Wednesday. Senators voted 25-24 to pass Senate Bill 2157, which would require third-graders to score higher than […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer The nation’s 19th Poet Laureate from 2012-14 and Gulfport native, Natasha Trethewey made a special appearance at Millsaps College Feb. 19 for Friday Forum. The well-attended public program was […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A plan to use state money to pay for private school tuition or for home-schooling is off the table, but Mississippi House members are keeping alive a plan that could allow […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A House Republican sponsoring a bill to expand access to Mississippi charter schools said Wednesday that a Hinds County Democrat’s amendment to allow the schools statewide was improper and will be […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — More Mississippi third-graders could be in danger of flunking for low reading skills if a bill passed by a House committee Tuesday becomes law. House Bill 51 would require third-grade students […]
By Diamond Williams The Mississippi Link Intern Jim Hill High School baseball senior, Isaiah Rush, signed with Tougaloo College Feb 5., to continue his baseball career. “I didn’t consider any other schools. Tougaloo was my […]
School founded in 1907 for Blacks By Natalie Bell Special to The Mississippi Link The incredible resilience of black Mississippians in the era of racial segregation still resonates at Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute, a […]
By Diamond Williams Special to The Mississippi Link Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sander’s HBCU tour, Feel the Bern, made a stop at Tougaloo College Jan. 28, for a campaign rally. The rally was held to […]
Flint, Michigan mayor is Tougaloo alumna By Diamond Williams Special to The Mississippi Link Tougaloo College students will soon wrap up the water drive which started Jan. 25, to help alleviate the crisis in Flint, Mich. […]
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