by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: drug, education, grant, higher education, learn, learning, medical, medicine, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, public university, research and development, school, student, teach, teaching
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bench, court, desegregation, education, elementary school, federal, hearing, judge, judicial, judiciary, junior high school, justice, law, learn, legal, public school, race, school, school district, secondary education, student, teacher, teaching, trial
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: childhood education, class, curriculum, early education, learn, learning, pre-kindergarten, public education, public school, school, school district, student, teach, teaching
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 24,2012
Tags: admission, education, enrollment, higher education, learning, public university, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, state agency, student, teaching, tuition, university
CLEVELAND — The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved Delta State University’s proposal to offer a single flat tuition rate for all students, resident and non-resident. All new non-resident undergraduate and graduates enrolling at Delta State next fall will be eligible for the new tuition rate. Currently enrolled non-resident students will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: appropriation, children, education, funding, learni, learning, legislation, legislative, Legislature, preschool, private, public, state government, student, tax, taxpayer, teacher, teaching
JACKSON — A private group is asking the state for $5 million to continue efforts to improve childcare and education for preschool children. Mississippi Building Blocks works to make preschoolers ready for kindergarten by training preschool teachers and helping child care operators. The group has used $7 million in private money to run its program [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 28,2012
Tags: children, education, educator, elementary education, elementary school, emergency, governmor, high school, junior high school, performance, public education, public school, school, school board, school district, secondary education, state government, state law, student, superintendent, teach, teacher, teaching
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — The Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) determined that an extreme emergency situation exists in the Oktibbeha County School District. Acting on a recommendation from the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation, the MBE voted unanimously to ask Gov. Phil Bryant to declare a state of emergency for the school district. The Oktibbeha County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: agriculture, cafeteria, children, commodity, crop, defense, diet, education, farm, farmer, farming, federal government, food, fruit, grant, health, military, nutrition, produce, public school, student, vegetable
DESOTO COUNTY — Either by fork or fingers, the second- and third-grade students of Chickasaw Elementary in Olive Branch dived into some Magnolia-state raised blueberries and cantaloupes as a part of a farm to school awareness program. Picking a blueberry up with her fingers, second-grader Mary Katherine Stephens, 8, liked the tiny cup of fruit [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A spike in college enrollment appears to be easing for Mississippi’s public universities and community colleges. Enrollment fell 5 percent at the state’s 15 community colleges, and rose only 0.6 percent at its eight public universities, according to preliminary figures. It’s the second straight decrease at community colleges. Enrollment dipped to 81,311 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: admission, advertisding, brand, branding, discussion, education, higher education, interactive, learn, learning, marketing, meeting, public relations, public university, recruit, recruiting, session, student, teach, teaching
COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women kicked off the early stages of its new branding campaign this week with the first of a series of interactive discussions. The Commercial Dispatch reports six sessions are planned this month with small groups of stakeholders, around 25 per session. The sessions are being managed by idgroup USA, a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 14,2012
Tags: achievement, education, elementary education, grade, learn, learning, public school, rating, school, school district, secondary education, state agency, student, teacher, teaching
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — More school districts achieved higher grades in the first year of Mississippi’s new school rating system, thanks to increased test scores and the suspension of graduation rate requirements for higher-scoring districts. Districts and schools got letter grades for the first time today. Under a new law, the old seven-step system, running from [...] [...]
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