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February 25, 2014

Mississippi Board of Ed OKs Common Core; Superintendent: “You’ve got to do it to make it happen”

State Board of Education OKs Common Core Mississippi’s Board of Education approved new Common Core-aligned English and math courses Friday, but not before some board members objected, saying they believe teachers and students need another year to prepare. “I’ve had so many calls from teachers who said we were putting it on them a little…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 25, 2014

The Arizona ‘religious rights’ bill and Mississippi

The Arizona ‘religious rights’ bill – and where the fight might move next Mississippi The Mississippi Senate passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act at the end of January, which says that the state cannot “burden a person’s right to the exercise of religion” and added “In God We Trust” to the state seal. The bill…