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Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves speaks during the Stennis Capitol Press Forum at Capital Towers in Jackson Monday, January 14, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

Reeves still silent as Board of Education vacancies again stall key votes

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 125 Reads
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 11:08 AM

Gulfport School District is awaiting approval for additional flexibility next year to be able to reduce achievement gaps, increase student learning and other goals because the board overseeing public education in the state has too many vacancies to take a vote.

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State investigates Holmes County school district, appoints financial adviser previously accused of fraud

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 502 Reads
Wed, 05/05/2021 - 12:29 PM

Following a string of alarming events in the Holmes County Consolidated School District, the Mississippi Department of Education is conducting an investigation and has appointed a financial adviser to oversee the district.

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Here’s why Greenville school bus drivers went on strike

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 422 Reads
Thu, 04/29/2021 - 01:38 PM

On Monday, around 20 bus drivers in Greenville Public School District went on strike to protest reduced hours, low pay and what they say is poor treatment by the district.

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Smilow Prep Charter School must meet certain conditions in order to continue serving 5th through 8th graders in Jackson. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America

Mississippi charter school leader calls renewal process unfair, an ‘injustice’

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 2,367 Reads
Tue, 04/20/2021 - 12:01 PM

Operators of a Jackson charter school say the board overseeing charter schools in the state did not take into account the most recent data and denied them due process when considering the school’s contract renewal.

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A teacher in Leland gets her pre-K student to recite her months of the year as she points to them. Credit: Aallyah Wright, Mississippi Today

Though access remains low, Mississippi pre-K earns high quality marks

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 486 Reads
Tue, 04/20/2021 - 11:55 AM

Mississippi’s state-funded pre-kindergarten program has again received high marks in a national report that measures the quality of state-funded education for 3- and 4-year-olds nationally.

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Biology teacher Chiquita Gaylor and students practice social distancing in the classroom at Jefferson County High School in Fayette. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Controversial teacher merit pay program goes unfunded amid pandemic

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 589 Reads
Thu, 04/15/2021 - 10:43 AM

With less than a week before Gov. Tate Reeves must approve the education budget passed by lawmakers this year, a merit pay program he supports was not funded this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Charter school must improve to continue operating, board says

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 8,209 Reads
Tue, 04/13/2021 - 10:29 AM

Despite pleas from school officials and a parent for a full five-year contract renewal, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board extended Joel E.

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Stimulus packages offer big boost for Mississippi parents in need of child care

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 935 Reads
Mon, 04/05/2021 - 10:01 AM

Eleven years, four kids, two degrees.

That’s how long Keronique Davis of Robinsonville has been taking classes at Coahoma Community College, how many children she has and the number of degrees she’ll be graduating with in May.

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Lauderdale Co. officers to attend strangulation training following Mississippi Today article

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 513 Reads
Fri, 04/02/2021 - 01:53 PM

The announcement of the training comes after Mississippi Today’s story about April Tucker, a Lauderdale County woman who was beaten and strangled by her estranged husband last year.

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Day cares, education groups get another $3.5M in emergency education funds

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 10,617 Reads
Wed, 03/31/2021 - 04:27 PM

Gov. Tate Reeves awarded another $3.46 million of emergency education funds to child care centers and educational organizations in the state.

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May 12, 2021