April 4, 2018, By Tim Walker NEAToday The proliferation of high-stakes testing is most often associated with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the national education law that was in place for more than a decade. With good reason – the law imposed a crushing accountability regime that turned many of our schools into test prep…
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April 9, 2018 Dear MAE Family, We write to let you know that the family of Joseph Chennault is planning a memorial service in his honor at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, at the Carthage United Methodist Church, 201 East Franklin Street, Carthage, Mississippi. A reception will follow the service. Many of you have…
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NEA.org, April 2, 2018, by Mary Ellen Flannery — Photo credit AP/Sue Ogrocki More than 30,000 angry and frustrated educators from across Oklahoma walked out of schools and swarmed the state Capitol on Monday to demand that state lawmakers invest in public education, while thousands more in Kentucky also rallied to protest legislative neglect. “Why…
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JACKSON, MS. — A LETTER FROM MAE PRESIDENT JOYCE HELMICK April 4, 2018 Dear Members, On this, one of the most somber anniversaries in our nation’s history, I wanted to reach out to you with a word of hope. America lost a great leader when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered. But we didn’t…
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JACKSON, MS. Today, we’re wishing our Judy Webb, long-time MAE employee, a most happy and adventuresome retirement. Judy wore many hats during her time with us, and our members were always encouraged by her kind, helpful dependability. Congratulations, Judy! Keep your phone on…we’ll have plenty of questions that will need your expert answers!
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Arielle Dreher, Jackson Free Press, March 23, 2018 JACKSON — The Institutions of Higher Learning board named Alfred Rankins Jr. the new commissioner of higher education for Mississippi on Friday, March 23. His tenure begins on July 1. Rankins is now the president of Alcorn State University. “Dr. Rankins has experience at both the system level…
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Mississippi Association of Educators Vacancy Announcement for Position of UniServ Director East Central Mississippi District Date of Posting: March 19, 2018 Deadline for Application: April 10, 2018 POSITION AND AREA DESCRIPTIONS The East Central Mississippi District is composed of the following counties: Madison, Rankin, Webster, Clay, Lowndes. Oktibbeha. Choctaw. Attala. Winston, Noxubee, Neshoba, Kemper, Leake, Scott, Newton, Marion,…
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March 6, 2018 FROM NEA TODAY — With the eyes of educators across the country on them, West Virginia teachers and service professionals in all 55 counties stood united in an historic nine-day statewide strike that ended Tuesday in victory: a deal that provides 5 percent pay raises for all educators and public employees and…
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JACKSON, MISS — Knowing that students who are hungry aren’t as likely to succeed in school, the Mississippi Association of Educators joined other groups in a push to increase the capacity of public schools to offer breakfasts to all students. The Mississippi Center for Justice recently released the Mississippi Breakfast in Schools Report for the…
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Vaibhavi Mahajan (right), 13, an eighth-grade student from Northwest Rankin Middle School, Rankin County School District, is Mississippi’s 2018 Spelling Bee Champion. Pictured with her are Runner-up was Iris Xu , 12, a sixth-grader from Hayes Cooper Center in the Cleveland School District (left) and Joyce Helmick, MAE President. JACKSON, MS – Vaibhavi Mahajan, 13,…
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