by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: appropriation, budget, charitable giving, charity, donation, donor, education, fund, funding, mathematics, philanthropy, private, public, school, science, secondary education, teaching
COLUMBUS — As Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science celebrates its 25th year, it’s also facing a common problem among schools — escalating costs, a decrease in state appropriations and an ever-increasing need for public support. In recent years, they’ve come to rely more heavily upon the financial backing of the MSMS Foundation and private [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 19,2012
Tags: appropriation, college, education, fund, funding, learn, learning, revenue. higher learning, state budget, tax collection, teach, teaching, university
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s institutions of higher learning have asked lawmakers for $72.4 million more for the fiscal year that begins next July 1. “We’ve made a lot of cuts. We have consolidated programs. Now we have hit a wall,” higher education commissioner Hanks Bounds told members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee yesterday. Bounds [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: bench, case, contract, court, discrimination, education, faculty, higher education, instructor, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, public university, teach, teacher, teaching, tort, violation
HATTIESBURG — A former University of Southern Mississippi faculty member has brought numerous civil claims against the university, asking for reinstatement and unspecified actual and compensatory damages in a lawsuit removed to U.S. District Court. The Hattiesburg American reports Bonnie Gerald also lists former university president Martha Saunders, former provost Robert Lyman and faculty members [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 24,2012
Tags: assessment, education, educator, elementary school, evaluation, high school, junior high school, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, public education, public school, rating, school school district, score, secondary school, state government, teacher, teaching
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: bill, compensation, education, educator, executive, governor, law, lawmaker, legislative, Legislature, public education, salary, school, school district, state government, supplemental salary, teacher, teaching
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — If Gov. Phil Bryant depends on supplemental salaries paid by local school boards to finance his performance pay plan for teachers, it will vary widely from district to district. The supplemental pay local school districts provide teachers — on top of their standardized state salaries — ranges from a high of $7,575 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 10,2012
Tags: board, education, educator, elementary school, high school, junior high school, learn, learning, property tax, public education, school, tax, tax collection, tax rate, taxpayer, teacher, teaching
NATCHEZ — The Natchez-Adams School District Board of Trustees has approved a resolution for an increase in ad valorem tax funding of $565,000, which will be given to the Adams County Board of Supervisors to be converted into a millage. The Natchez Democrat reports the funding was included in the district’s $39.8 budget for the [...] [...]
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