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July 13, 2016

State Treasurer Fitch says Moody’s report on rainy day fund spending a “shot over Mississippi’s bow”

Fitch: Moody’s report is ‘warning shot over Mississippi’s bow’ Moody’s bond credit rating agency has reported Mississippi’s withdrawals from its rainy day fund to cover slumping revenue as a “credit negative,” but notes the state has a history of cutting its spending when money is tight and that it just received $150 million from BP.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 13, 2016

Parents Campaign starts to lower expectations for educational results for MS K-12 schools #msleg

School district ratings for 2015 are coming later this week. And it just got a whole lot harder to make a good grade. This is the first set of grades for schools under the new accountability model, with very different expectations, and the first using an online test (2015 PARCC). Both are likely to drive…