Mississippi Business Journal » score http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Private business facing another year of cloudy fiscal outlook http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/private-business-facing-another-year-of-cloudy-fiscal-outlook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=private-business-facing-another-year-of-cloudy-fiscal-outlook http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/private-business-facing-another-year-of-cloudy-fiscal-outlook/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:02 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=64161 It’s often been said it takes a lean dog to run a long race. And with that in mind, staying lean is a likely survival strategy for Mississippi’s private businesses heading into 2013. Even companies with fat cash reserves are keeping lean, preferring to horde their money until signs of an economic turnaround become clearer. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/private-business-facing-another-year-of-cloudy-fiscal-outlook/feed/ 0 Commission sides with newspaper in school test-cheating probe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/commission-sides-with-newspaper-in-school-test-cheating-probe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commission-sides-with-newspaper-in-school-test-cheating-probe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/commission-sides-with-newspaper-in-school-test-cheating-probe/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:16:00 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62570 GREENWOOD — The Mississippi Ethics Commission has sided with the Greenwood Commonwealth newspaper and says the state Department of Education should hand over documents from any probe of possible cheating on achievement tests in Leflore County. In a non-binding opinion issued last Friday, the Ethics Commission agreed with the newspaper that such documents are public [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/commission-sides-with-newspaper-in-school-test-cheating-probe/feed/ 1 Officials want changes to new school-rating system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/24/officials-want-changes-to-new-school-rating-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-want-changes-to-new-school-rating-system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/24/officials-want-changes-to-new-school-rating-system/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:14:16 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=61673 JACKSON — Even before school and district report cards graded “A” to “F” are rolled out for the first time, it’s clear that lawmakers and education officials have a strong appetite for further changes to how schools are graded. In a hearing yesterday, Mississippi Department of Education officials told lawmakers they expect to examine new [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/24/officials-want-changes-to-new-school-rating-system/feed/ 2 State students’ ACT scores remain lowest in nation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/23/state-students-act-scores-remain-lowest-in-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-students-act-scores-remain-lowest-in-nation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/23/state-students-act-scores-remain-lowest-in-nation/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:09:45 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=61634 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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