Education

Dr. Lonnie Edwards announced Wednesday, June 29, just one day before his three-year contract was set to expire, that he’s calling it quits as chief of the second largest school district in Mississippi. “As of […]

During May 1961, the line of a freedom song, “the buses are a’ coming, oh, yes,” described the repeated flow of college students from across America who  poured into the south in “peaceful” protest of […]

Special to The Mississippi Link CLEVELAND – The Delta Business Journal recently reported that for the first time in the school’s history, Delta State University’s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences has formed a partnership with […]

The Jackson Public School’s board of trustees meeting room was transformed into a setting reminiscent of a courtroom, Friday, March 25. This was the first day of JPS Schools Superintendent Lonnie Edwards’ appeal hearing as […]

“The Board and the Mississippi Valley Search Advisory Committee have worked diligently to identify the best person to take Mississippi Valley to the next level of excellence.” Those were the words of Mississippi Valley State […]

There are not enough words to describe the kind of woman that Beverly Wade Hogan is. Hogan has served in numerous positions where she has been the first woman to hold these positions. Here are […]

JACKSON, Miss. – The Metro Jackson Chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will celebrate Founders’ Day on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011 at 3 p.m. in the historic Woodworth Chapel on the campus of Tougaloo […]

According to the Jackson Public Schools (JPS) website, JPS is the second largest school district in the state. It serves more than 30,000 students. These students are divided between 56 schools: 8 high schools, 10 […]