JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright says that school districts guilty of cheating on state tests should have to pay the cost of investigations into that cheating. Wright made the proposal […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he wants to eliminate Mississippi’s $5 annual vehicle inspection sticker, decrease the cost for a concealed-carry gun permit and revamp the school funding formula. […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — With thousands of Mississippi third-graders at risk of flunking this year because they can’t read at a basic level, State Board of Education members are likely to vote Friday to award […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Thursday that “the public is smarter than most people might believe” and it’s wrong for people to suggest Mississippi voters might be confused by having two […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove asked a judge Wednesday to order the state to pay money that 21 school districts say they are owed from past school underfunding. Musgrove, a Democrat […]
JACKSON, Missisisppi (AP) — Republicans pushed through a proposal for alternate wording for a state constitutional referendum on school funding Tuesday, as supporters of the original language howled that the effort aimed to sabotage the November […]
LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — An administrator who worked to boost enrollment and state funding for Mississippi’s universities was chosen Monday to be the University of Nebraska’s next president. The Board of Regents voted unanimously to […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi again ranks last in the nation in school performance according to an influential evaluation released Thursday, but the state ranks near the top in a new measure of how many […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Legislative Black Caucus’ request that House and Senate leaders fully fund Mississippi’s school budget formula appears likely to be fulfilled, based on early recommendations for state spending in this election […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant reiterated Tuesday that Mississippi should stop using the Common Core academic standards, but just what legislative leaders plan remains unclear. Bryant spoke to more than 100 people who […]
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