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Clarksdale Student Karli Matthews’ Gun-Violence Proposal Wins State Civics Bee
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (1011+ words) Karli Matthews sat at a small round table in an open room of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with five other students. Court cases, federal laws and information on grants were strewn across the table. A competition judge watched nearby as…...
Private Schools in Mississippi Will Get Federal Funding Under Trump Voucher Plan
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (977+ words) Mississippi families will soon be able to enroll their children in private schools or homeschool programs, including those with religious curricula, using federal tax dollars. Gov. Tate Reeves opted Mississippi into the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program, which became law…...
Publisher’s Note | As I Take the Publisher Reins, Why This Work and Moment Matter to Me
1+ week, 4+ day ago (607+ words) I had spent 25 years working in the media industry, but one thing was entirely new to me: I had never worked for a nonprofit newsroom, and I had never fundraised." This was a world I had never experienced before, but…...
Tami Jones, Author at Mississippi Free Press
1+ week, 4+ day ago (56+ words) Tami Jones'Mississippi Free Press Director of Revenue Operations Tami Jones is 1995 graduate of Jackson State University and holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a MBA from Belhaven University in Business Administration. MFP Publisher Tami Jones writes about her…...
Private School Vouchers, Charter School Expansion, Stricter Literacy Requirements Pass Mississippi House
1+ week, 4+ day ago (986+ words) Public Mississippi tax dollars could soon fund tuition for more students attending private schools through school vouchers as part of a massive education package the Mississippi House narrowly passed on Thursday afternoon." The 61-59 vote came after the House spent four…...
Voucher Plan Would Send Thousands More Students to Private Schools Using Public Funds
1+ week, 6+ day ago (676+ words) Thousands more Mississippi students could soon have access to publicly funded vouchers to pay for them to attend private K-12 schools if Mississippi House Speaker Jason White gets his way this legislative session. White described his chamber's strategy as "starting small…...
Mississippi Teachers Could Get a $2,000 Raise, and Retirees Could Be Asked to Teach as Senate Advances Reforms
2+ week, 6+ day ago (926+ words) Mississippi educators could soon get an annual pay raise of at least $2,000 after the Mississippi Senate Education Committee advanced legislation on Tuesday to increase teacher salaries. The pay raise under Senate Bill 2001 would include all K-12 teachers and teachers" assistants, as…...
Lt. Gov. Hosemann Pledges Another Pay Raise for Mississippi Teachers in K-12 and College
2+ week, 6+ day ago (432+ words) Mississippi teachers still earn less than other educators across the South, and the state's lieutenant governor hopes to change that with a pay raise this year. During a Jan. 5 Stennis-Capitol Press Forum at Hal and Mal's in Jackson, Lt. Gov....
Mississippi Approves State’s First Hybrid Charter School
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (1032+ words) Mississippi's first hybrid-model charter school, offering online and in-person instruction, is preparing to accept students in August 2026. The school held its public hearing on Dec. 23, 2025, and will begin holding parent-interest meetings in early January." The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board…...
Mississippi Education Gains Boost Black, Latino Students
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (910+ words) Journalism by Mississippians, for Mississippians Standing on the steps of the Capitol Building flanked by American and Mississippi state flags, Gov. Tate Reeves lauded Mississippi's educational progress during his annual State of the State address on Jan 29. "For so long,…...