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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Education hosted this past week its second annual by-invitation-only Superintendents' Academy.
Nettleton Schools superintendent Michael Cates, Houston Schools superintendent Tony Cook, West Point superintendent Burnell McDonald and Monroe County superintendent Scott Cantrell joined colleagues from 17 other districts across the state in Natchez for the three-day event that ended Saturday.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1Q33k67) superintendents who attend the academy reviewed the latest technology for enhancing student learning, participate in advanced leadership training from some of the nation's foremost trainers of company executives and train to improve the speed and quality of management decision-making.
The Legislature appropriated $500,000 this year to fund the academy.
The superintendents visited successful school districts to observe and discuss some of the practices that have made them successful.
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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, http://djournal.com
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