Education

In a 4-0 vote Tuesday night, Nov. 17, members of the Jackson Public School District Board of Trustees reinstated its contract with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO). The item was placed on the agenda by […]

“It’s a sin and a shame to take away the JPS Strings program,” expressed former Jackson Public School District Board of Trustee member Maggie Benson White. White, a product of the JPS Strings in the […]

In a 2-2 split, the Jackson Public School Board of Trustees failed to renew the contract of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to implement the Strings in the School Program in its schools. According to […]

Special to The Mississippi Link WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Econo-mic Development Administration (EDA) recently announced a $142,880 grant to Jackson State University, to support the operation of the University Center economic development technical […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Four Jackson Public Schools teachers are participating in the Mississippi State University Writing/Thinking Project program, Middle School Institute, which began this summer and continues throughout the 2009-10 school year. Alfred […]

Jackson Public School District Superintendent Lonnie Edwards held his first “Chat and Chew with the Media” Monday, Aug. 10, two days before students returned to school In Monday’s Chat and Chew session Edwards called for […]

Thanks to a grant from Jackson’s Planning and Development Department, the African-American owned-and-operated newspaper, The Mississippi Link, is holding a Journalism Camp for eight interested high school students from Jim Hill and Lanier high schools. […]

Special to The Mississippi Link JACKSON, Miss.) – The Mississippi Academy for Math and Science Teaching has received $150,000 worth of equipment to create a lending library for science teachers statewide to enhance classroom learning. […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The Springhill School Reunion (1927-57) will be Sept. 5 at the Springhill Schoolhouse on Highway 404, Eupora (Webster County). Registration will begin at 10 a.m. All former teachers and students […]

13th Annual Tougaloo Art Colony The 13th Annual Tougaloo Art Colony is scheduled for the week of July 12 – 17 on the historic Tougaloo College campus. The Colony is a week of studios for […]