During Mississippi’s upcoming 2013 legislative session, we will hear a lot of talk about charter schools. It’s nothing new, since for two years now, the vast majority of educational reform energy has been focused on charter schools. This year, reform is getting even more attention — meaning charter schools will lead the discussion. In a […]

Disgraceful. That’s the best description of findings that unnecessary and damaging shortages of some cancer drugs have led to relapses among kids fighting cancer at St. Jude Children’s Hospital and elsewhere. It wasn’t the hospital’s fault. In fact, it was St. Jude that blew the whistle. The results are shocking. Children get much sicker and […]

At press time, “fiscal cliff” negotiations were still stuck on the issue of the sequester — the across-the-board cuts scheduled to take place yesterday in both defense and domestic discretionary spending. But they may have reached a compromise on tax cuts. If the deal holds, tax rates will increase on anyone earning more than $400,000 […]

To the Editor: I would like to add my voice to the recent guest editorial by local law enforcement leaders who wrote about why investments in high-quality early education are important not only to children, but also to the health and safety of our communities (“Combat crime with quality early learning,” page A8, Dec. 21). […]