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Jackson State University at Prentiss and J.R. Lynch Streets. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Reeves awards $14 million of federal education funds
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,12/01/21-9:48AM, 95 Reads 2,859 Statewide
Mississippi College and Jackson State University (JSU) are receiving $5 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds for the creation of a public health partnership.
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Brandon Elementary was recognized nationally as an extraordinary school. Here’s why.
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/23/21-4:36PM, 81 Reads 3,364 Statewide

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Miss. school boards group withdraws from national association over ‘inflammatory’ letter to Biden
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,11/19/21-3:18PM, 217 Reads 5,282 Statewide
The Mississippi School Boards Association is joining 12 other states’ associations in breaking from its national federation over what it says has been lapses in governance on the national group’s part.
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Kindergarten students work on a class assignment at Ambition Prep in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Kindergarteners see pandemic-related learning decline
By KATE ROYALS - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,11/16/21-4:48PM, 186 Reads 4,734 Statewide
About one-third of Mississippi kindergarteners demonstrated they were kindergarten ready on a state literacy test this fall, a declining statistic State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said is “further proof” of the pandemic’s negative impact on students.
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