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In first weeks of availability, parents request nearly 700 vaccine exemptions for kids

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Delta State provost stepping down

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Mississippi students reach pre-pandemic levels in state test results

Avatar photo by Julia James August 17, 2023August 17, 2023
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Only JSU alum on IHL board votes against allowing acting president to apply for permanent role

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For many Mississippi students, summer meant one last chance to be promoted to fourth grade 

by Alivia Welch, The Hechinger Report August 14, 2023August 31, 2023
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Delta State president affirms inclusivity but says interim band director who mocked trans people will keep his job, emails show

Avatar photo by Molly Minta August 4, 2023August 4, 2023
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Gulf Coast school district adopts dress code targeting trans kids

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See how your school district is spending federal COVID funds

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Delta State president gauges band students’ response to interim director’s anti-LGBTQ+ podcast rhetoric 

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Kindergarten reading scores improve slightly but still fall short of pre-pandemic levels

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‘If you don’t like it, go somewhere else’: New band director at Delta State mocked trans people, women and other groups on podcast

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Nearly 9,500 Mississippians eligible for loan forgiveness under new Biden administration plan

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Despite legislative confusion, Department of Education distributes $100 million extra for public schools

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IHL: Alcorn State interim president leaving after two months to focus on family

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439,000 Mississippians won’t see student debt relief following U.S. Supreme Court decision

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