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Educator rejects plea deal, will stand trial in teacher exam scandal

Associated Press — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:59:58 +0000

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In a surprising legal move, a longtime Memphis educator is going to trial on charges that he led a three-state organization that helped teachers cheat on qualification tests. At a hearing this morning, Coleman Garrett, a lawyer for Clarence Mumford Sr., told a federal judge that his client is not changing his [...]

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Mental exam ordered for doctor in murder-for-hire case

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:16:14 +0000

GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...]

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UM incoming freshmen set record on entrance exam

MBJ Staff — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:46:07 +0000

OXFORD — Incoming freshmen at the University of Mississippi have set a new record on the ACT college entrance exam. The average ACT scores (which include converted SAT scores) for incoming freshmen at Ole Miss for the fall 2012 semester hit 23.9, a record high for the university, school officials report. This figure is 0.4 [...]

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State students’ ACT scores remain lowest in nation

Associated Press — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:09:45 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s ACT scores remained the worst in the nation last year, despite an increasing number of students taking courses that are supposed to prepare them for college. The testing organization, based in Iowa City, Iowa, says that only 11 percent of Mississippi students were ready for college in English, math, reading and [...]

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Man accused of helping teachers cheat on their licensing exam

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:43:05 +0000

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been indicted on federal charges that he was paid thousands of dollars by aspiring teachers in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi to have other people take their teacher licensing exams. The federal indictment released yesterday said 58-year-old Clarence Mumford hired a group of test takers, including Memphis City Schools [...]

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