The class is three credit hours and begins January 13th.

Students displaced by apartment fires are getting help from Ridgeland schools.

Several members of Jackson State University’s Prancing J-Settes and Sonic Boom have been suspended.

The State Auditor is digging deeper into the data on school spending.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 66 batteries were stolen out of 33 buses in St. Martin over the weekend, along with a white 2001 Ram 1500 maintenance truck.

The Madison County School District still has many students enrolling in college.But they're expanding the options for those students who aren't.

The Mississippi Department of Education released the Fall 2019 Kindergarten-Readiness Assessment results, with only 36.6% of students scoring ‘kindergarten-ready’ this year.

The malfunction of a kitchen stove led to a small flame and gas leak at Walton Elementary School Wednesday morning.

Just over a year ago Jackson voters passed a $65-million-dollar bond issue to make repairs throughout the school district.

Jackson State university senior Jordan Jefferson was named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.

The Jackson Public School District is working to maintain transparency by keeping parents and the public updated on construction projects and how bond money is being used on those projects.

Brooks Tunstall, who is in eighth grade at Oak Knoll, can draw a fairly accurate map of the world from memory in just 15 minutes.

The Accountability Task Force is scheduled to meet on December 5.

Beginning with the Spring semester in January, military personnel will receive reduced tuition for graduate or undergraduate programs.

The administration met with parents Tuesday night to discuss “moving forward through the rest of the year.”

Several outstanding JPS Middle and Highschool students were selected at Tuesday night's ceremony to serve as a peer mediator for their schools.

Mississippi educators, students and administrators are celebrating a new era of public education.

The first “early decision” college-application deadline is Nov. 1.

The hiring process of University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce is still sparking protests and concerns. Questions of transparency are at the heart of that.Thursday was the first Board of Trustees meeting since naming Glenn Boyce chancellor.

This scholarships provides money for recipients to begin their national board journey.

The JSU homecoming parade will be preceded by a downtown parade at 8 a.m., with NFL Hall of Famer and JSU alumnus Robert "Dr. Doom" Brazile as grand marshal.

L.A. Lakers and NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson spent Thursday in the Capital City.

Students learned just how risky it can be to drive under the influence or while distracted.

These grant funds focus on rural areas hard hit by economic transition and recovering more slowly.

Ole Miss Police Department decided to cancel the press conference because of “people who do not want to be civil.”

Sweltering conditions for students at Wingfield High School both outside and in the classrooms.

New offerings are on the way to some Jackson Public School District campuses, and it's all thanks to grants from Junior League.

The number of Mississippians working increased last month, and there are some jobs that continue to be in high demand.

While she can’t physically be in class, Janna Babin found a unique way to continue her lessons at Our Lady Academy.

The hurricane relief effort will take place Monday from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Some worry early tech training could encourage students to skip college, but some educators say that doesn't have to be the case. Even if it is, it doesn't have to be a bad thing.

An artist has taken the keys of the Pike County Youth Detention Center and is turning it into a center for arts and education.

“Students have no idea that Thursday they are walking into a school that will be completely transformed for the day with special activities and out-of-the-box educational experiences."

The metro’s largest school district has made a turnaround after struggling as a failing district.

Hood, Mississippi's attorney general, detailed some of his plans Tuesday to reporters after appearing at a school in Greenville.

The grading system - which is ranked from A to F - is based on various factors, including state test scores, student progress, college and career readiness, graduation rate, and participation rate.

MDOT and other organizations are working with the city to build sidewalks that will connect Nichols Middle School to McNeal Elementary School.

Hattiesburg is ranked as the best college town in Mississippi, according to a study on Reviews.org.

Zachary Johnston's first costume of the Homecoming week got laughed at by a few of his classmates. He was having a hard time getting up the courage to wear another costume, but then his friends came through for him.

A Clinton High School student has been dealt with accordingly for waving a Confederate battle flag during a pep rally Friday morning.

The Canton Public School District is saluting a 12-year-old student for an outstanding achievement.

David Loyd nervously waited outside Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital for news about his stepdaughter, 13-year-old Halie Williams, who was flown to the hospital after her school bus crashed on the way to Ashland Middle School Tuesday morning.

The letter told parents the school had been placed on a list of schools in need of academic improvement because of certain underperforming groups.

Marionna Watson says on September 11, 2018, she was stabbed 15 times.

Yellow tape and locked doors blocked the charred gym entrance of Forest Hill High School on Wednesday.

Henry Danton is Mississippi Strong.

Women in the Nye family have taught in Clinton’s public schools almost since the district began.

Students are allowed five unexcused absences before their parents are contacted by a school attendance officer.

The course offers programming aimed at teaching, assessing and certifying students in a variety of financial topics including credit scores, insurance, credit cards, student loans, mortgages, taxes, stocks, savings, 401k’s and other critical concepts that map to national financial literacy standards

Ole Miss Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks sent an email to students, faculty and staff Wednesday afternoon detailing the next steps to moving the statue from the center of campus to the Confederate cemetery on campus, calling it “a more suitable location.”

The University of Southern Mississippi named Sirena Cantrell as its new associate vice president and dean of students.

MAAP assesses student performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3-8, English II and Algebra.

Mississippi high school students could soon have one less testing requirement.

Kale is healthy to eat, but can it also cure cancer?

According to Shad White, auditors found what they described as poor controls over the district credit cards and bank accounts which had not been reconciled in nearly a year.

The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services is still trying to determine the exact number of children impacted by ICE Raids in the state. The agency is now offering help to families impacted by the raids.

Active shooters don't evolve overnight. The signs can be detected, one expert says.

The drill will begin at 8:00 a.m. Monday at one of the schools along Arrow Drive.