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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 21, 2022

Mississippi Legislature takes on Critical Race Theory in public schools

The bill passed in the state Senate seeks to ensure no curriculum is taught that promotes the superiority of one race or group over another.  Mississippi legislators are turning their focus to Critical Race Theory (CRT) curriculum and whether or not it has a place in state public school education. For some Senators, that answer…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 21, 2022

State Board of Education approves five new early learning collaboratives to serve pre-K 4-year-olds

The five new ELCs will serve 840 pre-K 4-year-olds in eight new classrooms and 34 existing classrooms The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Jan. 20, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 18 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students. The ELC expansion…