CMSD approves improvement plan to raise accountability grade
The Columbus Municipal School District approved a one-time budget expenditure request during a special called meeting on Friday following a contentious discussion about the request during Monday’s regular board meeting.
MDE releases district grades for 2015-16
Golden Triangle school districts maintained their ratings for the 2015-16 school year despite facing a third new test in three years.
Our View: Political maneuverings damage value of MDE’s ratings
Today, the Mississippi Department of Education released its “report cards” for the state’s schools and school districts for the 2015-16 school year.
Miss. sets new score levels for A-to-F school grades
Mississippi’s public schools and districts have a new scoring system in place for assigning A-to-F grades after a series of dustups that started last month.
State board seeks middle ground on A-to-F school grading scale
State Board of Education members are backing a plan that would assign A grades to fewer Mississippi schools and districts than an administrator task force recommended, but more than Department of Education officials had originally wanted.
Accrediting panel dumps tougher A-to-F school grading scale
Members of the state Board of Education face a thorny decision: How many public schools and districts should get A grades and how many should get F grades under Mississippi’s rating system?
‘Parent portals’: pros and cons of timely online updates
Once upon a time, finding out how your child was doing in school could require weeks of patience.
CMSD posts D rating for 2014-15
Columbus Municipal School District maintained its D rating, but Superintendent Philip Hickman is optimistic that the school district will improve moving forward.
Our View: MDE Ratings show a school district in crisis
When the Mississippi Department of Education released its school accountability ratings for 2013-14 today, it only served to confirm what we have known for quite some time: Our city’s schools are struggling.
Little change in Golden Triangle school ratings
Status quo can mean distinctly different things to different people.
SSD, OCSD maintain district, school grades with waivers
Both Starkville School District and Oktibbeha County School District maintained their respective “C” district-level state accountability grades.
Business group grades area legislators
Three state legislators from the Golden Triangle have been an awarded “A” gradings by the Business and Industry Political Education Committee.
Heritage system gives parents real-time link to grades
Heritage Academy is taking strides to stay up to date with technology while fostering a relationship between parents and teachers.
The private school is entering its second year of utilizing the Power School program, a web-based system that allows parents to check on their child’s academic progress in real time.