Takeaways from Dateline Jimmie Jay Lee episode ‘Bringing Jay Home'

NBC's "Dateline" covered the Jimmie “Jay” Lee case in a two-hour episode on Jan. 30. Here are six takeaways from "Bringing ...

Mississippi court overturns firing of educator terminated for reading children’s book

After nearly four years of waiting, checking court websites repeatedly for a decision that never seemed to come, Toby Price ...
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MSU’s College of Education receives Mississippi Science of Reading designation

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s College of Education is celebrating today [Jan. 30] its designation as a ...

Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court

An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had ...

Miss Sweet Potato Pie brings literacy to the runway

Miss Sweet Potato Pie brings her literacy-centered mission back with the Books & Brilliance Fashion Show March 1 at the ...

Court says reading this children’s book in class not reason to fire educator, Ohio native

JACKSON, Miss. — A state appeals court has reversed a school board’s decision to fire an educator who read a funny children’s book to second‑grade students. The court said the firing was not supported ...