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Governor accuses Board of keeping down teaching standards

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:31:25 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is criticizing members of the state College Board for their opposition to increasing requirements for teaching candidates. Bryant, in an unusual appearance at the board’s meeting yesterday, accused the board and the state’s public universities of trying to keep standards low. The governor wants to require college students who want [...]

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Supervisors rolls out welcome mat to JSU

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:34:59 +0000

CANTON — Madison County officials are rolling out the welcome mat for Jackson State University. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution welcoming JSU’s satellite campus to the community. The university won College Board approval last month for a 10-year, $1.5 million lease for 8,600 square feet of office space [...]

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Educator rejects plea deal, will stand trial in teacher exam scandal

Associated Press — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:59:58 +0000

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In a surprising legal move, a longtime Memphis educator is going to trial on charges that he led a three-state organization that helped teachers cheat on qualification tests. At a hearing this morning, Coleman Garrett, a lawyer for Clarence Mumford Sr., told a federal judge that his client is not changing his [...]

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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, Ole Miss jointly launching teacher recruitment program

MBJ Staff — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:48 +0000

OXFORD and STARKVILLE — Mississippi’s two largest universities have joined forces to create a program designed to attract the state’s best and brightest students into the field of education through a private gift totaling more than $12.9 million. The Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, or MET, is a joint effort by the School of Education [...]

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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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Mississippi State, MEC partner on new scholarship program

MBJ Staff — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:18:51 +0000

STARKVILLE — A new scholarship program has formed representing a partnership between Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Economic Council’s Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program. “Today I am very pleased to announce that Mississippi State University will offer a scholarship worth $6,000 to every STAR student in Mississippi,” MSU president Mark Keenum said. “The Mississippi [...]

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Board names acting president at Mississippi Valley State

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:54:53 +0000

ITTA BENA — The state College Board has named Alfred Rankins Jr. as acting president of Mississippi Valley State University. He was meeting with students, faculty and staff yesrterday in Itta Bena. In October, the board declined to retain current president Donna Oliver. Her contract runs through Dec. 31, although she is expected to take [...]

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