Education

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, […]

Education

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 […]

Education

Mississippi to step up reading instruction for third-graders

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 […]

Education

Mississippi Senate confirms Carey Wright as state superintendent of education

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — State senators have confirmed Carey Wright as Mississippi’s state superintendent of education. Senators voted 46-6 for Wright Tuesday after a brief debate. Opponents say they’re concerned about Wright’s advocacy of Common […]