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The Mississippi Board of Education officially recognized Dr. Theresa Green –– the 2009 Mississippi Administrator of the Year –– at the September 11 regular meeting. MBE Board Chair William Jones (Top photo, left) and Dr. John Jordan, interim state superintendent, are pictured in the photo after presenting certificates to the Jackson Public School District principal and to finalists in the statewide competition. State finalists are pictured beneath the main photo (from left) Vince Jordan, principal, Union County School District, first congressional district; Dr. Roma Morris, principal, Pearl School District, third congressional district; and, Denise Wilkinson, principal, Hancock County School District, fourth congressional district.
Town Hall Meeting to examine innovative education perspectives
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, a Mississippi native, will headline an October 1 state education town meeting where a panel will be moderated by Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, a nationally known surgeon and Morehouse School of Medicine professor. Rosser, a native of the Mississippi Delta, advocates using popular technology such as video games to improve student achievement in what he calls “stealth learning.” The town meeting is at 2 p.m. Thursday, October 1 at Cain-Cochran Hall at Hinds Community College. Panelists will include Dr. Hank Bounds, commissioner of higher education; Dr. Eric Clark, executive director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, and Dr. John Jordan, interim state superintendent of education.
Grants awarded for serving homeless children, youth
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Congratulations to the school districts that have earned competitive grants in the state’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program. The grants are designed to provide services to homeless children and youth (including preschool children) to enable them to enroll, attend and succeed in school. Such services include before and after school tutoring, supplemental instruction and enriched educational activities. Districts awarded the grants are: • Alcorn • Harrison County • Noxubee County • Corinth • Humphreys County • Simpson County • Greenville • Jackson Public • South Delta • Hancock County • Natchez-Adams • Yazoo City
The Mississippi Board of Education on September 11 also recognized student Kaleb Eulls (center) and bus driver Lucille Boddy (inset) for efforts that prevented a potential major crisis on a Yazoo County school bus September 1. PHOTOS THIS PAGE COURTESY of the Mississippi Department of Education