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Mississippi schools will soon be required to teach computer science

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 465 Reads

Beginning in the 2024 school year, all Mississippi elementary, middle and high schools will be required to offer computer science courses.

This week, Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law “The Mississippi Computer Science and Cyber Education Equality Act,” which sets out a timeline for schools to incorporate the curriculum.

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‘It’s depressing’: More Mississippi students are in virtual classrooms without teachers during pandemic

By Kate Royals and Kelsey Davis Betz - Mississippi Today, 1,882 Reads

Even before the pandemic, Treasure Cosie was already on a path to not have a geometry teacher her junior year at Leland High School.

Her school district isn’t technically designated as a Critical Teacher Shortage area by the Mississippi Department of Education, but there aren’t enough teachers to teach even core subjects like math.

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MDE: All Statewide Assessments to be Administered this School Year

By Press Release - Mississippi Department of Education, 839 Reads

Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Education:

All required federal and statewide assessments will be administered to public-school students this school year, including the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment and high school assessments for Algebra I, English II, Biology and U.S. History.

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Audit Finds Savings in Outside-the-Classroom Spending at Hinds County School District

By Press Release - Mississippi Office of the State Auditor, 74 Reads

Below is a press release from the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor:

Auditor partners with advanced analytics team and school district to identify most effective ways to spend public education money

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Every public university requested a tuition increase except for Jackson State University, which will not increase tuition in the fall.

IHL approves tuition increase at 7 of 8 Mississippi universities

By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 874 Reads

A year after all but one of Mississippi’s public universities declined to increase tuition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s business as usual: Tuition is once again going up this fall for most students at public universities.

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Pay raises for Mississippi higher ed employees: Too little, too late?

By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 1,168 Reads

SirSandra Jordan had worked in public education in Starkville for 24 years when she decided in 2018 to move away.

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Biology teacher Chiquita Gaylor and students practice social distancing in the classroom at Jefferson County High School in Fayette. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Controversial teacher merit pay program goes unfunded amid pandemic

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 176 Reads

With less than a week before Gov. Tate Reeves must approve the education budget passed by lawmakers this year, a merit pay program he supports was not funded this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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U.S. Supreme Court denies Fitch motion to halt education lawsuit over Jim Crow-era language

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 141 Reads

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to act on Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s motion to pause a lawsuit filed on behalf of African American parents saying the state violated federal law by spending less on majority-Black schools than majority-white ones.

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Charter school must improve to continue operating, board says

By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 2,997 Reads

Despite pleas from school officials and a parent for a full five-year contract renewal, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board extended Joel E.

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New Summit School operators allegedly fleeced the Mississippi Department of Education out of more than $2 million from 2017 to 2020 using a program that serves hospitalized children. They had been charging the program for over a decade.

By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today, 4,215 Reads

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