Education

Education reformers must unite around three goals

By Mashea Ashton CEO Newark Charter School Fund and Board Member Black Alliance for Educational Options It’s fair to say the ultimate goal of the education reform movement, and the education community in general, is […]

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Opinion: Every person has a calling and a passion

By Keisha Knight Pulliam I think every person that walks the face of the earth has a Calling and Passion that they are meant to maximize to make our world a better place.  For me, […]

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Free eye exams for third graders who failed reading test

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A new Mississippi program will provide free eye exams to every third grader who failed the state reading test last month and help those students get glasses if needed. Multiple news […]

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Federal lawyers seek consolidation of Mississippi schools

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice will present testimony Wednesday as it tries to persuade a federal judge to order the Cleveland school district to consolidate its middle and high schools. Witnesses […]

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Mississippi gets $2.4 million to improve reading teachers

(AP) Mississippi will get $2.4 million to subsidize summer programs for struggling readers and improve teachers’ reading instruction methods. The three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, announced Tuesday, would be channeled through the National […]

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MDCC Health Science to graduate May 7

Dr. Wade Dowell will address Mississippi Delta Community College’s health science majors at their commencement ceremony, scheduled for Thurs., May 7 at 10 a.m. at the J.T. Hall Coliseum in Moorhead, Miss. The graduation and […]

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Alcorn alumna Jacqueline Walters to speak at commencement

The Mississippi Link Newswire Lorman, Miss. – Prominent physician Dr. Jacqueline Walters will be giving the commencement speech to more than 700 Alcorn State University graduates May 9th at 8:30 a.m. in the Davey L. Whitney HPER […]

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JSU scientist studying links between common chemicals and cancer

The Mississippi Link Newswire Dr. Clement G. Yedjou, a cancer scientist in JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, and doctoral candidate William Johnson and master candidate Justin McDowell, are part of a task force […]