by Associated Press Published: January 15,2013
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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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 11,2013
Tags: education, educator, law, learn, learning, politician, Politics, principal, public education, public school, school, school year, state, student, superintendent, teacher, teaching, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: cheating, court, crime, criminal, education, educator, indict, indictment, law, legal, license, school, teach, teacher, teaching
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Six Mississippi teachers have been indicted for participating in a scheme in which teacher candidates would hire others to take certification tests. Teachers in Tennessee and Arkansas have also been implicated. The case stem from a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in July that charged Clarence Mumford Sr. of Memphis [...] [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was a brazen and surprisingly long-lived scheme, authorities said, to help aspiring public school teachers cheat on the tests they must pass to prove they are qualified to lead their classrooms. For 15 years, teachers in three Southern states paid Clarence Mumford Sr. — himself a longtime educator — to send [...] [...]
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 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 Associated Press Published: September 28,2012
Tags: bench, certification, cheat, cheater, cheating, court, education, examination, judge, judicial, judiciary, scam, scheme, school, school teacher, teach, teacher, teaching, test
COLUMBUS — A Columbus teacher is scheduled to be in federal court in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 3 to answer charges she participating in a scheme in which teacher candidates would hire others to take certification tests. WCBI-TV reports 34-yeard-old Darcel Gardner, a special education teacher at Columbus High School, was placed on administrative leave [...] [...]
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 20,2012
Tags: certification, cheat, cheater, cheating, court, education, educator, examination, grand jury, indicted, indictment, judge, scheme, teach, teacher, teaching, test
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors in Memphis have announced that 10 more people have been indicted in a scheme to hire others to take teacher certification tests in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. The additional defendants stem from a 45-count indictment returned by a grand jury in July that charged Clarence Mumford Sr. of Memphis with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: appropriation, education, educator, elementary school, formula, fund, funding, high school, junior high school, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, public education, public school, school, school district, secondary education, state government, teach, teacher, teaching
JACKSON — The gap between the state’s school funding formula and money actually being appropriated could widen past $300 million next year, raising new questions about the formula’s future. Interim state Superintendent Lynn House told legislative budgeters the Mississippi Adequate Education Program will need $300.6 million more in the 2014 budget year than it received [...] [...]
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