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High court won't block Mississippi school disparity lawsuit EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press April 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this May 23, 2017, file photograph, Dorothy Haymer, of Yazoo City, speaks during a news conference, in Jackson, Miss. Haymer, an African American mother with children in public elementary school, is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed on their behalf by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday, April 8, 2021, that it will not get involved, for now, in the lawsuit that says the State of Mississippi allows grave disparities in f...

7 education impacts you will soon see from the 2021 legislative session The state made notable investments in public education that includes teacher raises, more money for early childhood education and literacy. By Sharie Nicole | April 8, 2021 at 12:00 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 2:21 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - When it came to education during the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers in Mississippi put their money where their mouth was. The state made notable investments in public education that includes teacher raises, more money for early childhood education and literacy. Here are se...

TUPELO • The Mississippi Department of Education confirmed Monday that all required federal and statewide assessments will be administered to public school students for the 2020-21 school year, but passing them won’t be required to advance or graduate. Current third graders won’t be required to meet a passing score on the reading assessment to be promoted to fourth grade for the 2021-22 school year, but students must meet all other district requirements for promotion. Likewise, high school students who take required end-of-course high school assessments, including Algebra I, En...

Petal student chosen to represent state at 59th U.S. Senate Youth Program Petal junior Weston “Archer” Taylor was chosen to represent Mississippi in the 59th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program. (Source: wdam) By WDAM Staff | February 23, 2021 at 6:50 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 6:51 PM PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - A Petal student is one of two Mississippi youth chosen to represent the state in the 59th annual United States Senate Youth Program. U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith commended Weston “Archer” Taylor, of Petal, and Jacob Pearson, of Corinth, for the honor in...

Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks, Mississippi. Teacher and band director Jason Jossell instructs his students on practicing their scales and music reading via laptop. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today Three years ago, Kaitlyn Barton taught high school English in the Mississippi Delta, a rural, low income area with a high percentage of non-certified teachers. The Flowood native said she felt undervalued, a result of low pay coupled with limited opportunities to grow. In 2019, she moved to Texas seeking more. “We expect teachers to wear every hat, but we don’t pay them we...