How grassroots efforts are trying to solve the teacher shortage crisis From MISSISSIPPI TODAY by Aallyah Wright and Kelsey Davis This is the final story in a three-part series about the teacher shortage in Mississippi, produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with Mississippi Today. […]
Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs From MISSISSIPPI TODAY by Aallyah Wright and Kelsey Davis This is the second story in a three-part series about the teacher shortage in Mississippi, produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with Mississippi Today. Sign up […]
Elaine Baker, Ph.D., Joins Panelists in Analysis of Historical Occurrence, The Poor People’s Campaign From COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE by Melody Dixon At a recent black history observance, Professor Emerita Elaine Baker, a guest panelist who taught social work at Albany State University, a historically black college located in Albany, Georgia, told attendees that people have […]
After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels From MISSISSIPPI TODAY by Aallyah Wright and Kelsey Davis This is the first story in a three-part series about the teacher shortage in Mississippi, produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with Mississippi Today. Sign […]
Delta-based programs get $2.7 million to help youths get GED, vocational job training “It starts with allowing individuals to get another chance” Donald Green From MISSISSIPPI TODAY by Aallyah Wright CLARKSDALE – Three organizations in the Mississippi Delta that focus on economic development and job training will get about $2.7 million from the U.S. Department […]
Clarksdale documentary ditches ‘poverty porn’ narrative about the Delta, spotlights work and people on the move From MISSISSIPPI TODAY by Aallyah Wright CLARKSDALE – Students and teachers participating in an arts driven after-school and job training program in downtown Clarksdale will share their stories in a documentary set to debut on Mississippi Public Broadcasting television […]
High-schoolers get face time with extremists in class From THE ASSOCIATED PRESS by Julie Carr Smyth WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) — The recent videotaped encounter at the Lincoln Memorial left many wondering about the state of reasoned political discourse in the country, or if it exists at all in a hyperpartisan era of red “Make America […]
Gov. Phil Bryant school safety task force: Require active shooter drills in schools twice a year From THE CLARION LEDGER by Bracey Harris A school safety task force created by Gov. Phil Bryant is recommending that Mississippi schools hold active-shooter drills each semester. More: The way your child’s school is built could save lives More: […]
Dear Spring Friends, We hope 2018 was a great year for you! 2018 brought many changes for the Spring family – the biggest one being that our original cohort fully graduated and went off to college. 2018 also brought us the grant that will let us add a new cohort of 16 first and second […]
From WROX: Governor Phil Bryant has proposed giving Mississippi teachers $50 million in pay raises, boosting overall teacher salaries by about 3 percent, or $790 before taxes, in each of the next two years. The raises are one of the major expenditures in Bryant’s $6.3 billion budget proposal for the year beginning July 1st. Bryant […]
