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House Education Committee votes against loosening up Act 46 mandate
A bill that would have offered greater flexibility for school district mergers was voted down by the House Education Committee on Thursday afternoon.
Read More →Private nonprofit, for-profit universities could soon get regulatory relief
For-profit and private nonprofit colleges and universities offer career-building options separate from traditional public universities. But they’ve been hammered in recent years by harsh regulations.
Read More →Cybersecurity audit finds students can access obscene material on school computers
A Mississippi cybersecurity audit found that 20 percent of all school-issued computers could access objectionable material such as pornography.
Read More →Voters choose Evers, $464.7 million in new bonding for schools
Voters re-elected Tony Evers for Superintendent of Public Instruction and to raise taxes and borrowing in school referendums.
Read More →Report highlights failure of Education Department’s overreach on campus sexual assault
Something must be done.
Read More →Mississippi charter schools case hinges on key constitutional question
After oral arguments Tuesday, the lawsuit that threatens the existence of Mississippi charter schools hinges on one key constitutional issue.
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