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Mississippi sets new score levels for A-to-F school grades

September 16, 2016 Online Editor 0

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s Board of Education is approving a new scoring levels system for assigning A-to-F grades to schools and school districts. The state Board of Education voted […]

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Mississippi to regulate restraint and seclusion of students

March 21, 2016 Online Editor 0

CLINTON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Board of Education released a revised policy Thursday that for the first time regulates when public school students statewide can be physically restrained or placed in private spaces because […]

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Vote set to name passing score for third-grade reading test

May 7, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Vote set to name passing score for third-grade reading test

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state Board of Education is scheduled to meet Thursday to vote on the reading test score third graders will be required to have to advance […]

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Pascagoula, Moss Point schools among those in line for grants to improve reading skills

January 16, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Pascagoula, Moss Point schools among those in line for grants to improve reading skills

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 […]

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State education board delays sports cuts in troubled schools

November 13, 2014 Online Editor Comments Off on State education board delays sports cuts in troubled schools

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Cuts to sports and activities at schools districts that lose state accreditation would be delayed under a plan approved Wednesday by the Mississippi Board of Education. The proposed change received no […]

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State Board of Education OKs Common Core courses

February 25, 2014 Online Editor Comments Off on State Board of Education OKs Common Core courses

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s Board of Education approved new Common Core-aligned English and math courses Friday, but not before some board members objected, saying they believe teachers and students need another year to prepare. […]

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Mississippi Board of Education elects new leaders

August 1, 2012 Monica Land Comments Off on Mississippi Board of Education elects new leaders

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – A former teacher, principal, and school superintendent can now add chairman of the Mississippi Board of Education to his long list of education experience. Dr. O. Wayne Gann, […]

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