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September 29, 2014

Signatures for #MAEP ballot initiative due by October 8, group says it’s collected 183,000

Funding amendment nears deadline for 2015 ballot JACKSON – Supporters of a constitutional amendment to guarantee “an adequate and efficient system of free public schools” in Mississippi have less than two weeks to turn in signatures if they want their referendum on the 2015 general election ballot. State law says they must turn in at…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 29, 2014

DAILY JOURNAL editorial commends Rep. Moore, Sen. Tollison on #CommonCore approach

DAILY JOURNAL: OUR OPINION: Chairmen right in their Common Core approach Before the Common Core State Standards had been fully implemented in Mississippi and the first test gauging the results administered, Gov. Phil Bryant labeled the standards “a failed program.” It was an obviously premature declaration based more on political currents than on any objective…