Better MS Report

The Clarion-Ledger: Debate that erupted last week about the nonrenwal of the Jackson Public Schools superintendent’s contract needs to move from saving the man’s job to saving the district’s 30,000-plus students, says the leader of Mississippi’s NAACP. Jackson school board members announced Wednesday they had voted 3-1 with one member absent not to renew Lonnie [...]

Mississippi NAACP president says school district was right to nix the policy From the Better Mississippi Report: JACKSON (Friday, Sept. 3, 2010) – The Mississippi state president of the NAACP says Nettleton public schools made the right decision by ending a policy that dictated when white and black students could serve as class presidents at [...]