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Reports on the U.S. Department of Justice investigation into complaints that the Meridian, MS district unlawfully and disproportionately subjects black students to suspension, expulsion and school-based arrest, often for minor infractions.
Highlights the top seven education priorities identified by 42 governors in their 2017 State of the State addresses and provides examples of how states plan to approach these priority areas.
Incarcerated people at two prisons in the Delta will be able to start earning four-year degrees from Mississippi Valley State University this fall for the first time in more than two decades. Valley State’s Prison Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) is part of a growing number of colleges providing classes in prison with Second Chance Pell, a federal program that is restoring access to income-based financial aid for incarcerated people.
Mississippi's chamber of commerce and workforce development office are working together on an ambitious goal: get more than half of the state's workforce college-educated by 2030. Education and policy leaders say the effort takes on new urgency in the aftermath of the pandemic and its impact on the decline in the number of Mississippians going to college.
KILN, Miss. — Middle school bullying doesn’t usually make it into the pages of the school-sanctioned yearbook. At Hancock Middle School this year, it did, say outraged parents, alumni and community members, the Sun Herald reported.
Students at Jackson State Community College in Tennessee brought fun and awareness to campus last semester through service learning projects in their Social Problems class.
Describes Vanderbilt University’s Alternative Spring Break program, which was named the national Program of the Year for 2016 by Break Away, a nonprofit organization that promotes the development of quality alternative break programs through training, assistance and the connection of campuses and communities.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. — At the Hamilton County School Board meeting Thursday night, several parents brought forward more concerns about their children being bullied.
Parents gave emotional testimonies about their kids bullying experiences, demanding a change in policy.
Only 52.8 percent of Tennessee high schoolers enrolled in college after they graduated in 2021, says a new report from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. Latinos were the least likely to enroll.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Hamilton County School Board has a new report out that finds there's one type of bullying in schools across the county that's the highest it's ever been: bullying based on a student's race.