JPS Announces Virtual-Only Fall Semester, Gov. Reeves Expands Executive OrderJackson Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Errick L. Greene announced that JPS students would receive only virtual instruction in the fall semester, citing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 into the classrooms and back to Jackson’s families.
Azia’s Picks 7-24-20Good afternoon, fellow Jacksonians! Despite the heavy losses many of us have had to endure this past week, we are still here to live and love again. For that I am grateful.
SWAC Postpones Fall SportsThe Southwestern Athletic Conference has decided to postpone fall sports for the 2020 school year.
‘Crisis Care,’ Hard Decisions Looming Due to COVID-19 Surge in MississippiA week of uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 has elapsed in Mississippi, with case numbers swelling to unprecedented numbers at the same time that the state’s hospital system reports the unbearable stress of earlier infections.
JSU Health Accelerator, USM Doctoral Program Study and MSU Mobile TicketingJackson State University is partnering with the University of Kentucky and national startup accelerator XLerateHealth to launch a program that will help commercialize human health-focused ideas from historically black colleges and universities.
Best of Jackson: Household 2020This year's Best of Jackson: Household 2020 pop-up ballot lists a number of local resources that can help you maintain your home, whatever your needs.
‘Intrinsic Motivation’ and Jackson Education SupportEducational support professional Jillian Smart, CEO of Jackson Education Support, founded the business in 2012 with the goal of using her passion for teaching to help both children and adults develop as independent learners.
UPDATED: Schools Reopen, Tri-County Battleplan BreakdownLocal school districts are all making their own preparations and putting health, social distancing and other protocols into place to prepare for the attempt to return to in-person learning for students after months of school closures.