Big News for Teachers from the Mississippi Senate Today
Today, February 5th, 2020, Senator Debar, Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, brought SB 2001 to the floor. This is the bill that would include...
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Male substitute teacher accused of having sex with male student
by Chad Dixon
A Harrison County substitute teacher has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual battery. Christopher Lewis, 23, is accused of having sex with...
Teacher pleads not guilty for dragging student across the floor
by Sarah Ulmer
GREENVILLE, Miss.- Linda Winters-Johnson has plead not guilty for charges pertaining to the alleged abuse of a student at Greenville High School, where she was...
Administrator and Teacher of the year named for 2016
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- The Mississippi Department of Education and Mississippi Teacher Center have announced the individuals selected as the 2016 Mississippi Administrator of the Year and...
The Flu Kills Mississippi Third Grade Teacher
by kim
MERIDIAN, Miss.–The flu can kill you, and that doesn’t just apply to weak people, the elderly or small children. Ashley Dial, a third grade teacher...
Keeping Your Kids Safe: Ex Mississippi Teacher Admits to Sex With Students
by kim
GULFPORT, Miss.–Taking students out of state for sex during his long career as a school teacher in Gulfport is what William Richard Pryor, 67, admitted...
Keeping Your Kids Safe: Former Teacher Accused in Relationship With 12-Year-Old Student
by kim
SENATOBIA, Miss.–Text messages about a relationship that goes all the way back to 2008 are just some of the evidence that police say they have...
Dead in Cambodia: Mississippi Man’s Body Found Wrapped in Curtain
by kim
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia–Found wrapped in a curtain in a garbage dump in Cambodia’s capital city last week, William Glenn, 43, of Mississippi. Authorities in that...
Your Child’s Teacher to Get a Raise, House and Senate Agree
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Though it is not yet law, teachers will get a raise, beginning this year. The Mississippi House and Senate both signed a conference report...