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JACKSON (AP) — Mississippis Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, angering some Black Democrats who said the rejection was at

JACKSON (AP) — Mississippis Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, angering some Black Democrats who said the rejection was at

The nominee for the Mississippi Superintendent of Education was voted down on the Senate floor, despite having already starting his work in the state.

Hear how the former Mississippi State Superintendent led a transformation on reading instruction that improved scores across the state. 

A new third grade retention law could strap school systems like Metro Nashville Public Schools, which is already understaffed.

Tennessee, which once counted on Mississippis worst-in-the-nation reading scores to elevate its own national ranking for literacy, is now looking to its neighbor to the south as a role model for how to improve.

Tennessee once counted on Mississippi’s worst-in-the-nation reading scores to elevate its own national ranking for literacy. Now it’s looking to its neighbor to the south as a role model for how to improve.

MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed four education-focused executive orders and issued a memo to the Department of Early Childhood Education. Governor Ivey has consistently stated that improving

Ivey said she wants Alabama ranked in the top 30 states in numeracy and literacy by the end of her term.

Ivey said she wants Alabama ranked in the top 30 states in numeracy and literacy by the end of her term.