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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 guest radio host for WROX Radio (97.5 FM) and was a playwright/reporter for "Beautiful Agitators," a 2017 project by StoryWorks/Reveal Labs from the Center for Investigative Reporting in partnership with Mississippi Today. Aallyah has a bachelor’s in journalism with a minor in communications and theatre from Delta State University. Prior to joining Mississippi Today January 2017, she interned as a reporter for the Bolivar Commercial and was the project producer and community journalist for The Cleveland Yearbook, a project by The Center for Investigative Reporting and Delta Arts Alliance. In 2018, Aallyah earned a fellowship with Hechinger Report to report on Mississippi’s teacher shortage and its effects. Her reporting with the Mississippi Today Education Team for "Behind the Headlines:Cleveland Central" received third-place at the 68th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards. Her work has appeared in The Hechinger Report, The Daily Journal and Delta Magazine. She is a Community Advisory Board Member for Aspen Youth Leaders Fellowship Delta and a board member for Lower Mississippi River Foundation.
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.
After several bills filed during the legislative session to pave the way for a city election died in committee, leaders are planning a scaled back increase to address sidewalk, lighting and flood issues
A freshman student at Coahoma Community College charged with possession of a controlled substance and firearm on a school’s campus.
Mississippi law explicitly forbids striking by teachers, who can be fined and barred from teaching in the state for participating in a walkout.
Some of the 19 bills introduced didn’t pass because the money wasn’t there to implement them, lawmaker says and advocates say pay raise that was passed not enough to recruit in critical teacher shortage areas like the Delta.
A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality highlights why aspiring elementary teachers who are black or Hispanic have high failure rates on licensing exams. The group also provides solutions to adequately prepare graduates to teach.
She will replace Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, and is second woman to lead the 150-year-old historically black college
Travelers Hotel brings in artists to run the operations while giving a chance to become part owner. Newest attraction geared toward the arts and community development.
Facing “unique” Delta challenges in 2007, school chief welcomed the opportunity. Now the district, classified as low performing, faces crucial test in finding its next leader.
In several districts in Mississippi, a fifth of teachers are uncertified. One reason is that teacher candidates struggle to meet certification requirements. After years in which little action has been taken to address the teacher shortage crisis, the state recently took steps to help more candidates qualify to become teachers.