by mcl | Oct 3, 2016 | Columns, Education Connection, Practical Living
By Holly Perkins A Personal Path with Dyslexia Affecting one in five people, dyslexia presents difficulties in reading and comprehension. Based upon Mississippi’s average class size, this means that there could be as many as five dyslexic students in each...
by mcl | Sep 3, 2016 | Columns, Education Connection, Practical Living
By Marilyn Tinnin For 26 years, the name Peter Jernberg was synonymous with Jackson Academy. His outstanding leadership created a culture of excellence, not just in academics but also through encouraging lives of character, purpose, and community involvement....
by mcl | Jul 1, 2016 | Columns, Education Connection, Practical Living
By AUBREY PRINCE Your health and its related care are really a partnership between you and your doctor. Let’s face it—nobody knows better how you feel than you! And when something just doesn’t seem right, that’s one of the times when a call to your physician can be...
by mcl | Mar 7, 2016 | Columns, Education Connection, Practical Living
By Mandi Stanley, CSP For Student Leaders: On Being a Small Fish in a Large Pond Pretty much everything I learned about student leadership came seated at the feet of the late Dr. Donald W. Zacharias, then president of Mississippi State University. In the spring of...
by mcl | Oct 6, 2015 | Columns, Education Connection, Practical Living
By Zach New The International Dyslexia Association released the definition of dyslexia in November of 2002. It states, “Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, which result in people having difficulties with specific...
