Featured ESA School Choice bill dies, legislators react
Education Scholarship Accounts expansion will not be happening in Mississippi this year. In an upset yesterday, the bill to expand the Education Scholarship Accounts died...
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Featured Deadline approaches for ESA school choice bill
by Alex Paton
Expanding school choice in Mississippi has been a much talked about topic during the legislative session and with legislation underway to bring choice for more...
Featured Mississippi schools suffering from chronic absenteeism
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the most recent school- and district-level chronic absence data, which shows that 14.2 percent of Mississippi students were...
Featured MDE announces ESA lottery for special needs kids
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education announced plans for a lottery on February 8th to award 90 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2017-18 school year...
Featured Senator: replace common core, give students a better education
by Alex Paton
A senate bill to replace the common core curriculum in Mississippi. Senator Angela Hill along with Senator Michael Watson have sponsored the bill that would...
Featured Senator Tollison: working out kinks in MAEP bill
by Alex Paton
The MAEP bill has moved out of the house and into the Senate, so what’s next? Senator Gray Tollison, head of the Senate Education committee...
Featured Senate Bill seeks to replace common core
by Alex Paton
A senate bill to replace the common core curriculum in Mississippi. Senator Angela Hill along with Senator Michael Watson have sponsored the bill that would...
Featured Nobel Laureate presents research to UM on early childhood education
by Alex Paton
Nobel Prize-winning economist James J. Heckman will present his research on how investments in quality early childhood education can yield exceptionally high economic returns at a free...
Featured Governor, State Superintendent tout education improvements in MS
by Alex Paton
As Mississippi is moving toward a new funding formula for public education its strides in education are being recognized. Mississippi was recently named one of...
Featured Senator Hill: eliminate the MDE
by Alex Paton
A Senate Bill that would do away with the Department of Education, that’s what one Senator has proposed for Mississippi. Senator Angela Hill has submitted...