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May 5, 2015

CL Editorial: MDOC shouldn’t end county work programs

CL EDITORIAL: MDOC should not end county program just yet: Our View The decision to end the Joint State County Work Programs and move nearly 700 state inmates from 30 county jails to 17 state-run Community Work Centers is going to have serious negative impacts throughout rural Mississippi, and it could end up costing some…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 5, 2015

State Superintendent, MDE to study #CommonCore, seek public comments

Ed officials seek public input on Common Core State Superintendent Carey Wright says the state Department of Education will conduct its own study of the embattled Common Core education standards and take public input, but she still supports them for Mississippi schools. Carey on Tuesday was the guest at the Stennis Institute of Government’s Capitol…