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Aallyah Wright is a native of Clarksdale, and a Mississippi Delta reporter covering education and local government. She is also a weekly news co-host on WROX Radio (97.5 FM) and collaborator with StoryWorks/Reveal Labs from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Aallyah has a bachelor’s in journalism with minors in communications and theater from Delta State University. She is a 2018 Educating Children in Mississippi Fellow at the Hechinger Report, and co-founder of the Mississippi Delta Public Newsroom.
Mississippi State Board of Education reversed an original decision and granted the North Bolivar schools’ request that will result in its accountability rating changing from an F to a D.
Rising meal plan prices at Mississippi universities contribute to the increasing cost of a college education. A big reason for the higher costs? Students are paying for more than just food.
The conversation surrounding teen pregnancy in areas like the Mississippi Delta focuses much on prevention efforts, advocates say, but, what are the immediate next steps when a teenager becomes pregnant?
District officials say they’re returning to a previously unenforced policy requiring seven days written notice to address the Clarksdale school board
Author Glory Edim made a T-shirt that birthed a nationwide bookclub, a literary festival in Brooklyn and a sisterhood among women of color across the world
Because of his experiences on the Gulf Coast – helping to rebuild a district from the ground up after Hurricane Katrina – Earl Joe Nelson Jr. says he has insight to the issues the community faces with having limited resources.
Report uses CDC data and census reports to drill into Delta-specific trends and state policy as indicators for teen pregnancy rates, like poverty and Mississippi state law requiring parents to decide if their child receives sex education.
Recently, Olecia James and Jasmine Shepard talked to a group of educators, parents and students from Newark, New Jersey, during a panel discussion about experiences in the Cleveland School District.
Mississippi school districts are working hard ahead of the retest, but face several barriers, including teacher shortages, low parental engagement, language gaps. “We’re not making excuses, but there’s a story behind that number,” said one school official.
The mayor explains details of a program to provide resources and intervention to help ex-felons and those with criminal backgrounds to become better citizens or leave town.
No details about the agreement, including how much money the city spent to fight the case, were provided to the public.
Educators at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey created a course around the Till book and the civil rights movement. Students and teachers then traveled through the South, including the Mississippi Delta.
Mayor Chuck Espy and police officials announced a five-point plan to help bolster the city’s effort to fight crime. One of the measures included moving assistance to criminals.
Cleveland School District is facing a second lawsuit alleging racial discrimination but for Olecia James, who finished her freshman year at Alcorn State as a ROTC Cadet with a 4.0 GPA, it’s about “controlling what you can control.”
Business owner finds success more about being “resourceful than having resources” and area millennials took note.