Mississippi Business Journal » skills http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Business group calls for new charter school law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/business-group-calls-for-new-charter-school-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=business-group-calls-for-new-charter-school-law http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/business-group-calls-for-new-charter-school-law/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:01:31 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67846 JACKSON — A group of 22 business leaders is calling for a broadened charter school law, asking legislators on yesterday to enact a law that would allow the schools to set up in any district. The group calls itself Better Education for Mississippi and is led by Bomgar Corp. chairman Joel Bomgar, who leads a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/08/business-group-calls-for-new-charter-school-law/feed/ 1 Commerce Department awards funding for workforce training center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/19/commerce-department-awards-funding-for-workforce-training-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commerce-department-awards-funding-for-workforce-training-center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/19/commerce-department-awards-funding-for-workforce-training-center/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:32:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58733 BAY SPRINGS — Jasper County and Jones County Junior College have received $1.7 million to help construction a workforce training the center. The funds were announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Jones County Junior College Workforce Training Center would be located in Bay Springs. The 30,000-square-foot facility will be operated by the junior [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/19/commerce-department-awards-funding-for-workforce-training-center/feed/ 0 Workforce conference explores new ideas about education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/09/workforce-conference-explores-new-ideas-about-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=workforce-conference-explores-new-ideas-about-education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/09/workforce-conference-explores-new-ideas-about-education/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:58:28 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=49455 JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour said yesterday he wants Mississippians to look at new approaches to improve education, including more opportunities for job training instead of bachelor’s degrees and the involvement of churches to help prevent struggling students from dropping out of high school. Other ideas include cutting tax funds to intercollegiate athletics, shortening paths [...]

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