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EducationGreater Jackson's public education system is composed of eleven (11) school districts, three (3) community colleges, and seven (7) colleges/universities. Numerous private schools are also located throughout the Greater Jackson area and cover pre-kindergarten through college. Together, these schools offer a variety of comprehensive curriculums that prepare students to work in any vocation and be productive members of society.
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March 5, 2012
US Airways launches non-stop flights from Jackson to Washington DC Duane O’Neill, president and CEO of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, pledged to US Airways officials, “The Corporate Community will be here for you,” at the ribbon cutting for the inaugural flight of US Airways service from Mississippi’s capital to the Nation’s Capital this morning at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. MS Careers of Tomorrow Project awarded $5 million H-1B Technical Skills Grant The Greater Jackson Alliance, the Economic Development Division of the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, announced today that one of its workforce development initiatives was awarded a $5 million H-1BTechnical Skills Training Grant by the U.S. Department of Labor. Mississppi ranked 9th in the Area Development 2011 Top States For Doing Business Survey Results For the second year in a row, Area Development has conducted a survey of a select group of highly respected location consultants who work with a nationwide client base. They asked the consultants to name their top-5 state choices in 12 site selection categories.  |
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