February 2013 Archive

"If you're talking about reducing $14 million dollars from Mississippi's Head Start budget just think about 7 times that 14."

Even though Mississippi has seen a reduction in its childhood obesity rates it still remains the fattest state in the country

First Lady Michelle Obama is praising Mississippi's effort to reduce childhood obesity by 13 percent .

Mississippi third graders could soon be repeating early grades.

School segregation in Tate County, Mississippi, has spurred debate about the concept of separate but equal. Mainly, whether it’s possible. 

School segregation in Tate County, Mississippi, has spurred debate about the concept of separate but equal. Mainly, whether it’s possible. 

The House and Senate Education Committees have both endorsed similar measures. The differences will need to be worked out before the plans can go to the governor for consideration.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965  gave federal officials a potent tool to defeat persistent efforts to keep blacks from voting.

State lawmakers are getting closer to exempting records on concealed carry permits from the state public record act.

Mississippi corrections commissioner says he is millions short of what he needs to run state prisons.

Forced integration made the South’s public schools some of the most integrated in the country, but now – here and across the nation – our schools are re-segregating. The Southern Education Desk is taking a deep look at the issue with a multi-part series exploring this complex trend. In the second installment, the SED's Alabama reporter Dan Carsen goes back in time to examine a strategy whites once used to sidestep public school integration, one that still shapes communities today: so-called “segregation academies.”

Half a century ago, the civil rights movement launched its legendary struggle for racial equality. Many of its biggest battles were fought here in the south and one of its greatest victories was overturning the federal law that allowed racially segregated schools. But now, 50 years on, studies show schools are resegregating, especially in the south. This week on MPB, we ask: Why? And what does it mean for students?

"But think about what will be the consequences  5, 10 15 years from now. Not just in terms of our competitiveness but also the moral and the ethical responsibility that we have in supporting or nation's and communities kids."