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Mississippi charter school board considers hiring executive director

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s Charter School Authorizer Board could hire its first executive director next month after discussing applications in closed session Thursday. Board members say they received 38 applications from as far away […]

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Mississippi universities seek $76.3 million budget increase

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The College Board voted Friday to seek an additional $76.3 million in state funding for Mississippi’s eight public universities when the Legislature gathers next year to write the 2016 budget. That’s […]

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USM investigating if former staff member accessed personal information

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (AP) — The University of Southern Mississippi is investigating allegations that an employee accessed personal information of other employees on the Hattiesburg campus. USM President Rodney Bennett informed staff and faculty of the […]

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Feds OK 1-year grace period on Mississippi school rating system

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi schools will get a one-year grace period in the state’s school and district rating system as they move to a new curriculum. The U.S. Department of Education told state officials […]

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Mississippi Freedom Summer exhibit to open Monday in Jackson

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Longtime civil rights activist Bob Moses is scheduled to speak Monday at the opening of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s new exhibit “Stand Up!”: Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964.” Moses, […]

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Greenville police probe fatal stabbing at elementary school

GREENVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — A homicide investigation is underway after a fatal stabbing on the campus of a Greenville elementary school. Susie Trigg Elementary became a crime scene Tuesday after an employee was stabbed by […]