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Lucas to return to USM as search for Saunders’ replacement begins

by Associated Press Published: May 2,2012

Tags: academics, colleges, education, executives, higher education, interim, leadership, President, transition, universities

HATTIESBURG — Former president Aubrey Lucas will be interim president at the University of Southern Mississippi while the board of trustees looks for a permanent successor to Martha Saunders. Lucas will officially become interim president July 1 but will begin the transition immediately, a news release from the board said. Saunders, who became USM’s ninth [...] [...]

Burnham to propose new law for failing school districts

by Associated Press Published: December 8,2011

Tags: academics, administrators, Congress, education, elementary education, public schools, school districts, schools, secondary education, state government, state law, students, teachers

JACKSON — Mississippi State Superintendent Tom Burnham said yesterday he would propose a law to allow the state to either forcibly merge or require new elections in failing school districts, because the current reform system does not work. “We will bring forward legislation this year to end conservatorship,” Burnham said at an orientation for newly [...] [...]

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