By Bobby Harrison Daily Journal Jackson Bureau JACKSON – Even with state revenue collections sluggish, raising the specter of mid-year cuts to state agency budgets, Mississippi’s political leadership apparently is still eyeing possible tax cuts during the 2016 session. Both Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who presides over the Senate, indicated in […]
Read More...Innovation happens when people take risks with their creativity, problem solving, and actions. If innovation is encouraged in schools, then the leader’s job is to create the conditions where it can happen. What are these conditions?…
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This is Part 2 of A History of School Choice in America. In Part 1, I explained the school choice movement beginning with Brown v. Board of Education and ending in the 1980s when Ronald Reagan was president. By the 1990s, school choice had gained even more traction. Political scientists John E. Chubb and Terry […]
Read More...Sending public funding to private schools diverts resources locals schools need: Letter
Read More...State ed leaders considering overhauling the way they work with school districts under state control.
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The Mississippi Education Blog is thankful for public school advocates today, on Thanksgiving, and every single day of the year. Darein Spann is a Mississippi educator. He has been a long-time advocate for Mississippi’s public schools. He is a member of the Mississippi Association of Educators and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Education […]
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I read an interesting article titled Does Common Core Hurt Introverted Students? by Alison DeNisco in District Administration magazine online. This article claims that the Common Core standards-driven push for project-based learning and collaboration primarily accommodates extroverts and unfairly punishes introverts. What do you think about how Common Core has affected introverted students? Do you agree or disagree? […]
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Principal Laketia Marshall-Thomas believes that good behavior at Provine High School is about getting creative. The school’s mascot, the Rams, is also an acronym that represents school-wide expectations in Responsibility, Achievement, Motivation and Safety. RAMS expectations are posted throughout the school with specific rules depending on location. In the hallway, for example, the Responsibility rules […]
Read More...The National Alliance of Black School Educators has named Cedrick Gray of Jackson Public Schools its 2015 Joseph E. Hill Superintendent of the Year. The organization honored Gray at its Nov. 20 awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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Read More...Ericka M. Wheeler, a Millsaps College student from Carrolton, Mississippi, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar.
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