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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
November 2, 2022

Mississippi Teacher Retention Survey offers key findings for educator workforce recruitment and support

The survey offers key findings for strengthening the educator workforce statewide. On Wednesday, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released its 2021-22 Teacher Retention Survey, which was conducted within MDE’s Office of Teaching and Leading and provides sample data on recruitment, onboarding, support, community involvement, school leadership and compensation among Mississippi teachers. Out of 31,641 Mississippi teachers…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 2, 2022

Lawmakers move forward on incentives for economic development project

The task at hand is to provide tax incentives to what Gov. Reeves called the “largest development project in Mississippi history.”  Lawmakers gaveled in on Wednesday for a special session called by Governor Tate Reeves. The company for which the incentives being considered was not named, but Reeves said this would be a $2.5 billion…