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Head Start students score behind peers in pre-K, but gap expected to close this fall
During the pandemic, all students started lower, but the gap between Head Start students and other participants widened.
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‘I am very disappointed’: Bill LaForge abruptly out as Delta State president
“I am very disappointed in the decision, but I accept the outcome and am fully prepared to move on,” LaForge wrote.
Mississippi not done spending historic settlement for HBCUs
The money was projected to run out at the end of this month, but on Thursday IHL board members approved the allocation of $1.6 million in unspent funds.
IHL authorizes pay raises for Mississippi higher ed faculty
Faculty will receive an average salary increase of 4.6% this coming fiscal year – about $57 million across the eight universities.
Tunica County Schools closer to returning to local control in 2024
This would be the second time Tunica is returned to local control. It was first taken over by the state in 1997, and released in 2002.
‘Taxpayers’ money shouldn’t go to those schools’: Civil rights groups sue state over $10 million allocated to private schools
The lawsuit claims that the money is unconstitutional since the Mississippi Constitution prohibits the expenditure of any public funds for private schools.
Nine charter schools vying to open in Mississippi in 2023
Nine charter schools have made it to the second round of Mississippi’s application process, looking to open in 2023 with all but one run by new operators.
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