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Board approves sweeping revamp of city’s schools

Associated Press — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:30:20 +0000

GREENVILLE — Plans to consolidate two schools in Greenville and convert a middle school into a magnet school have been approved by the Greenville School Board. The Delta Democrat Times reports the board this week approved combining T.L. Weston Ninth-Grade Academy with Greenville-Weston High School. The new Greenville High School will have grades 9-12. The [...]

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State House to take up its own charter school bill

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:11:08 +0000

JACKSON — State House members are poised to take up their own version of charter school legislation. House Education Committee Chairman John Moore said his panel would take up the House legislation this morning. Moore, a Brandon Republican, said the full House could debate the measure tomorrow or Thursday, if it passes committee. The Senate [...]

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Lawmakers to introduce bill making kindergarten mandatory

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:23:56 +0000

JACKSON — Momentum may be building toward making kindergarten mandatory in Mississippi. At least four senators plan to introduce bills requiring 5-year-olds to attend school, and at least one House member also plans such a bill. The Education Commission of the States says Mississippi would become the 15th state to make kindergarten attendance mandatory. The [...]

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Later school year start has many opponents, including educators

Associated Press — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:59:06 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — When Gov. Phil Bryant signed a new law, requiring Mississippi public school districts to start the school year no earlier than the third Monday in August, many rejoiced. After all, the later start date would extend summer vacation, have a positive impact on tourism in the state and mean fewer days of [...]

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New Pell Grant rules hurting college enrollment

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:41:12 +0000

JACKSON — New regulations enacted by Congress in June have stripped Pell Grant eligibility from nearly 3,000 Mississippi students. According to a recently completed study of the impact of the new Pell Grant regulations on Mississippi two-year colleges, the changes led to lower enrollments for the fall 2012 semester at 14 of the state’s 15 [...]

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Charter school proponents to try again next session

Associated Press — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:21:18 +0000

JACKSON — A year ago, even some opponents of charter schools expected a bill to pass. But some majority Republicans balked, killing the bill in the House. So proponents redoubled their efforts, trying to build support for widening the rules that allow alternative public schools run by outside groups. Now they will try again. “I [...]

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Pharmacy school gets $10M biomedical research grant

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:46:50 +0000

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi and its School of Pharmacy have received a five-year, $10-million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, grant from the National Institutes of Health. COBRE is one of the main components for NIH’s Institutional Development Award program, which is designed to broaden funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The [...]

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Federal judge to weigh Delta schools’ desegregation plan

Associated Press — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:17:47 +0000

CLEVELAND — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School. The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs [...]

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New career tech center prepares for first students

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:50:56 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — DeSoto County School’s new career technology center is almost finished. The career technology center, located in the Olive Branch Metro Industrial Park, is expected to be filled with students within a few days. DeSoto County Schools partnered financially with the City of Olive Branch and DeSoto County government to renovate the warehouse [...]

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School district expanding early childhood education program

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:13:22 +0000

TUPELO — The Tupelo Public School District says it will expand its pre-kindergarten program for 4-year-olds. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports starting Dec. 1, the pre-K program will go from 12 classes to 13. That will increase the enrollment from the current 240 children to 260. The announcement of an additional class at the [...]

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