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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 16, 2022

Four Mississippi schools named 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools

The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Today, four schools in Mississippi were among the 297 schools across the nation named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022 by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The recognition is based on a school’s overall…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
September 16, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith move to nullify the Biden Administration’s restrictions on charter schools

Miss. Senators cosponsor resolution to overturn new Education Department rule. U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) are original cosponsors of Congressional Review Act (CRA) legislation (S.J.Res.60), which would stop a U.S. Department of Education final rule that violates congressional intent for supporting charter schools. S.J.Res.60 is based on the fact that the Secretary of…