[Theodore R.]

This is the Mississippi of old -- the stomping grounds of the then youthful Elvis Presley and the late "pork barreler" Congressman Jaimie Whitten.

[SamAdams76]

What sloppy journalism. Used to be a time when you go the who, what, where, when and why in an article. Not just six short sentences. BTW, what is the average salary for a Mississippi teacher?

[joesnuffy]

TUPELO — The Tupelo school district wants more minority teachers, and it has formed a minority recruitment committee.

"It's important to us to recruit top-quality teachers," Assistant Superintendent Jimmy Williams said. "We have a lot of minority students. It's important to have minority teachers to be positive role models for the students."

Some day ...maybe...top "quality" will be defined by the "content of a man's character" rather than "the color of his skin".....

But not today......

[MississippiMan]

Tupelo for years had one of the top-ranked public school systems in the nation—then the liberals moved in and it's been downhill since.

MM

[david_g17]

"26 percent of Mississippi's 34,755 educators are minorities, compared to 53 percent of the state's public school students. "

53% may be minorities, but they never go to class. lived in Vicksburg (about an hour from Jackson where this newspaper is published) all my life. 53% of the students in Mississippi are not black. I can promise you that.