Cartoon- February 20, 2012

by Ricky Nobile Published: February 19,2012
Tags: budget cuts, Charter schools, classroom, consolidation, Department of Education, education, No Child Left Behind, Tom Burnham
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by Ricky Nobile Published: February 19,2012
Tags: budget cuts, Charter schools, classroom, consolidation, Department of Education, education, No Child Left Behind, Tom Burnham
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by MBJ Staff Published: May 9,2010
Tags: education, Mississippi Senate, Tom Burnham
The Mississippi Senate has unanimously confirmed Tom Burnham for his second stint as state superintendent of education. The Puckett native has held the $307,000-a-year job since January, and confirmation was a formality. Burnham is a former superintendent of Biloxi schools and served as state superintendent in Mississippi from 1992-1997. He was superintendent of Henderson County [...] [...]

by Nash Nunnery Published: December 21,2009
Tags: education, Hank Bounds, Mississippi, Tom Burnham
Slumping economy forces all levels of Mississippi education to re-evaluate normal business The slumping economy has made this perhaps one of the most difficult years ever in the annals of higher education in Mississippi. Nearly every size and type of public institution has been affected in some way by the lingering financial crisis. Aside [...] [...]