by Associated Press Published: May 15,2012
Tags: education, educators, elementary education, elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools, public education, public schools, resignation, resigning, school boards, school districts, schools, secondary education, superintendent
GREENVILLE — Harvey Franklin Sr., superintendent of the Greenville Public School District, has resigned. The Delta Democrat Times reports the school board accepted the resignation during an emergency meeting today. Franklin’s resignation is effective immediately Deputy superintendent Leeson Taylor II has been named “acting interim superintendent” until June 30, the end of the district’s fiscal [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2012
Tags: administrator, colleges, donation, education, educators, engineering, engineers, gift, higher education, professor, research, researchers, scholarship, universities
OXFORD — An educator, hydroscience and engineering researcher and administrator whose work has brought international attention to the University of Mississippi for more than four decades has contributed $100,000 to create an endowment encouraging other university professionals in their work. Sam S.Y. Wang — the founding director of UM’s National Center for Computational Hydroscience and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, education, educators, elementary education, funding, funds, money, school districts, schools, secondary education, state budget, state government, students, teachers, teaching
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — At least 18 of 152 Mississippi school districts might not have enough money to cover a cut in state funding, an Associated Press analysis finds. Those districts could be forced to borrow money, cut services or raise taxes to make up the difference. That includes districts considered poor, such as Shaw in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: education, educators, elementary education, misappropriations, schools, secondary education, state government, students, subpoena, teachers, teaching
GREENVILLE — The Mississippi auditor’s has served a subpoena on the owner of a Georgia company that provides training and supplies to schools for a reading program. Lisa Shoemaker, spokeswoman for Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering, said the subpoena seeks financial information and was served on Edna Goble, who owns Teach Them To Read in Conyers, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: administrators, education, educators, elementary schools, media, newspapers, pay, public records, salaries, school districts, schools, secondary schools, state law
GREENWOOD — The Leflore County School District has denied a public records request for information on the salaries of its administrators. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports it filed the request Feb. 15. The Commonwealth said it asked for a list of all administrative employees who have either left or been hired since superintendent Viola Williams won [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Legislation long sought by Democrats to save the jobs of up to 300,000 teachers, police and other public workers passed the Senate yesterday. The 61-39 vote — to be followed by a rush vote next week in the House — should come in time for many school districts to revisit decisions to lay [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi’s budget situation could result in some top teachers losing pay supplements. More than 200 Rankin County teachers and about 40 in Hinds County could lose their $6,000 annual National Board Certification stipend in the 2011 budget. The supplement is based on state funding, but Mississippi’s revenue collections are millions of dollars below [...] [...]