NEMS360.com - Lawmakers hear from Miss School of Arts backers
Haley Barbour's proposal to merge the school with the Mississippi School for Math and Science in Columbus and doing his best to poke holes in local officials' defense. Of course, he was faking it, but it was exactly what everyone needed to ... I'm looking at it a whole lot closer now." Pigott briefly discussed the possibility of moving MSMS to Brookhaven instead of MSA to Columbus, an aggressive option some local arts school supporters have touted throughout MSA's many ...

Mississippi Jobs | Furlough proposal concerns teachers - Jackson ...
School officials say furloughing teachers could help districts save money without cutting jobs. But for teachers in a state that ranks near the bottom in pay, the proposal is disconcerting. Richland teacher Bonnie Crapps called it a ...

Big Education Ape: Furlough proposal concerns teachers ...
"School officials say furloughing teachers could help districts save money without cutting jobs. But for teachers in a state that ranks near the bottom in pay, the proposal is disconcerting. Richland teacher Bonnie Crapps called it a ..... (Rick Hess Straight Up) Can Mississippi schools ban LGBT couples from prom? (Campus Progress) Com... 1 day ago. Education Research Report Teaching Self-Control Skills to Children Reduces Classroom Problems - * Children taught skills ...

Reducing School Days Met with Opposition
Mississippi students could be sitting in the classroom five fewer days for 2011 and 2012 school years, if the House of Representatives agrees to the state Senate proposal.

MissPres News Roundup 3-5-2010 << Preservation in Mississippi
Of course, MDAH should claim partial credit for this success, awarding a Community Heritage Preservation Grant (CHPG) to the school in 2001, the same year it became a Mississippi Landmark. ... The request is hold for the moment while the Oxford Historic Preservation Commission debates the proposal. Since the Oxford Eagle does not have this article on their website, I have reproduced exerpts of the article, titled "City weighs demolition request," by Melanie Addington here ...

Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi - Noise - Obama Appoints ...
Mason has been working to save Mississippi's own HBCUs, but one of his theories upset many black legislators and HBCU graduates last month when he approached legislators with a proposal to merge Alcorn University and Mississippi Valley ... But as far as turning the school over to white control, it's already there! By way of the IHL and the taxpayers of Mississippi, in which the majority is white. It's sad to say but Black people in Mississippi are finally realizing the ...

Articles about School System - Daily Press
W-jcc Middle School Plan Assailed. By LUCINDA COUTO Staff Writer | July 8, 1991 ... his wife could be closer to their aging parents in Louisiana and Mississippi . ... for moving forward on a proposal to close the aging Windsor Middle School, ... Hampton City Schools' initial estimate of a $24 million shortfall next ...

NEMS360.com - Lawmakers hear from Miss School of Arts backers
Haley Barbour's proposal to merge the school with the Mississippi School for Math and Science in ... and $25 million in taxpayer investments at MSA would be lost to the city of Brookhaven ... I'm looking at it a whole lot closer now." ...

Memphis City Schools officials planning student shift to even ...
Mar 4, 2010 ... Rezoning proposal calls for moving of 740 from southeast schools ... In most cases, the new assignment would be closer to the student's ..... I am a teacher required to be there by the board, and I live in Mississippi. ...

Education Week: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The School Impact
Feb 28, 2006 ... She accused the plan's leaders of exploiting the city's vulnerability ... But Congress didn't get any closer last week to approving a federal aid ... House Republican education leaders released a proposal last week that they ... With many Louisiana and Mississippi schools expected to open this week ...