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March 17, 2014

CRAWFORD: Most state employees need a raise

BILL CRAWFORD: Most state employees need raise State employees can’t get a break. Well, most can’t. In 2012, Mississippi had 58,135 state employees earning an average salary of $41,870, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A Pew Charitable Trusts study reported this was significantly higher than the $35,263 average private sector salary in Mississippi.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 17, 2014

Public charter schools offer solutions

ERIKA BERRY: Public charter schools offer partial solution With more and more parents across the nation viewing public charter schools as their schools of choice, the question must be asked how well these innovative and independent public schools are serving children. Recently, a leading education research center at Stanford University released a comprehensive study looking…