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State Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Wednesday March 13, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Mississippi Teachers Named to Curriculum Associates' 2024 Class of Extraordinary Educators
NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, March 13 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates has named Krileshia Boyd of Northeast Elementary School in Meridian, Mississippi, Siobhan Cochran of Trent Lott Academy in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Andrea Schipke and Casey Watts of Laurel Magnet School of the Arts in Laurel, Mississippi to its 2024 class of Extraordinary Educators, an annual program that celebrates and connects exemplary teachers in Grades K-8 from aro  more

New All-Weather Lab Enables MSU Researchers to Test Drone Flights in Rain, Wind
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 13 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: The winds of change are blowing in Mississippi State University's Raspet Flight Research Laboratory. Teaming with MSU's Department of Aerospace Engineering in a new, first-of-its-kind inclement weather laboratory, flight lab researchers will soon test drone activity in various simulated weather conditions. The research has significant commercial applications, including deliveries by uncrewed a  more

Utah A.G. Reyes, Coalition of 43 States, Urge FTC to Strengthen Online Privacy and Safety Protections for America's Youth
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a bipartisan comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its new rule under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) urging the Commission to "update the COPPA Rule to keep pace and give State Attorneys General the tools they need to respond to a digital world rife with risk." The letter, which was led by the States of Oregon, Illinois,  more