When Iyanna Nichols’ mom joked a year ago that she wouldn’t pay for college, the teen took those words to heart and started her own competition to reach a million dollars in scholarships.
As Dr. Carey Wright reflects on her time as the leader of Mississippi’s Public Schools, she admits it will be tough saying goodbye to a job she is passionate about.
“They kept on joking with me throughout the year. Every time they see me, they say, ‘Hey Mr. Apple fried apple!’” Darian "Dee" Holt grinned. “So, I went with it!”
After months of debating, Mississippi senators and representatives agreed on a $246 million proposal Wednesday that would raise teachers’ salaries by more than $5,000.
Like the books it sells, the store has its own story of surviving everything from the Great Depression, segregation, and Jim Crow era to a pandemic, recession and even digital transformation.
City leaders in Ridgeland met for the first time since the Mayor Gene McGee said he would withhold more than $110,000 from the Ridgeland Public Library until it removes its LGBTQ books from the shelves.
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy report claims academic standards among public schools are poor and “no significant improvement has been documented with validity.”
Thurgood Marshall College Fund president & CEO Harry L. Williams says JSU is one of more than two dozen schools eligible to take advantage of this free money.
Some child care centers across the state are working to keep the Omicron variant from creeping into their building and wreaking havoc on children and staff members.