The state's teachers are being surveyed on whether they think the state should continue requiring the U.S. History test. A testing task force met throughout the school year to see if there are ways to reduce or streamline the amount of testing statewide.
The Mississippi Sales Tax Holiday was amended during the 2019 Legislative Session and now includes school supplies on the list of items to be sold tax free during the last weekend of July.
Drivers with traffic-related offenses through the Clinton Police Department will have the option to purchase school supplies in lieu of paying traffic tickets during the month of July.
Family, friends, and co-workers are speaking out after the heartbreaking loss of a Natchez Middle School Teacher whose body was found Monday morning in La.
Millions more are being directed to the state's special education scholarship accounts this year, and the Department of Education is changing the way families are selected.
School may be out for summer, but the district is already helping teachers prepare their classrooms for the next school year. Each year many of these teachers buy school supplies out of their own pocket for their classroom and some students who can’t afford them.
Special Agents from the Auditor’s office have made arrests in two separate cases after a grand jury indicted Gwendolyn Jefferson, Stacie Neal and Kappi Allen.
Studies show that children who struggle to read are more likely to leave school without graduating; ultimately contributing to the poverty rates in our state.
Brandon Gathers and his father, Antonio, are both members of SC State’s Class of 2019 and they’ll receive their college degrees when they walk across the stage at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
Representative Debra Gibbs, D-Jackson, in the 2019 legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers approved bonding authority in Senate Bill 3049, the Department of Finance and Administration Appropriation Bill. Through this process, Gibbs secured funding of $100,000 for Callaway High School that will as
A miscalculation left a multi-million dollar gap in funding for teacher pay raises. It didn’t take long for districts to notice something was off when the numbers came in from the Mississippi Department of Education.
School superintendents from around the state called the Mississippi Department of Education saying that not all teachers are included in this pay raise.
A Jackson parent gets a surprise honor from the Jackson Public School District today. Cheryl Smith is actually a grandmother who raised a JPS elementary school student.
The state College Board voted to make Nave the 20th president of the 3,750-student university. She got a warm welcome Wednesday on her home campus two days after being named the sole finalist for the job.
No criminal charges will be filed in the March death of a 10-year-old Colleton County girl who died after a fight in her classroom, the solicitor says.
The State Auditor is calling attention to the way your taxpayer dollars are being spent in Mississippi schools. It turns out that less than 60 percent of the total K-12 spending ends up going into the classrooms.
342 students from around Mississippi receive recognition for academic success and ACT scores during Mississippi Economic Council's Education Celebration with the theme, Reach For the Stars.
At their April meeting, the Clinton School Board hired new principals for Eastside Elementary School, Clinton Junior High School and Clinton Alternative School.
The board will meet Thursday to discuss options. Staff proposes the board consider taking over either the Humphreys County and Yazoo City districts, or the Amite County and Jefferson County districts, or the Clarksdale district.
This week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed a $17.6 million dollar cut to Special Olympics. Members of Congress were not too pleased with the proposal.
While there's been disagreements on specifics---there does seem to be a consensus at the State Capitol.That consensus is that the money will most likely go towards pay raises for teachers and state employees.
Holmes County Consolidated School District is planning to push a local teacher pay raise. Meanwhile, they're hoping the state legislature will also pass a raise to incentivize teachers to stay in the state.
Specialist LaQunda Gray has been deployed in Afghanistan for a year. She returned home and surprised her 2nd-grade son, Justin, in class at Clausell Elementary School Monday morning.
Tougaloo College will soon have a new president. The Board of Trustees introduced Dr. Carmen Walters on Monday morning. She will take over for Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, who is retiring this summer after 17 years as president.
Once Upon a Prom Dress and Suit Giveaway is celebrating its second year in Flowood. It’s a chance for students from several counties to leave with everything they need for the big dance for free.
Each year, the National Weather Service conducts Storm Spotter Training as severe weather season approaches. The training was held Saturday at the Rankin County Tornado Safe Room in Brandon.
At a brief court appearance Wednesday, a judge allowed Lori Loughlin to be released on $1 million bond and travel to the area around Vancouver, Canada, to work but otherwise imposed strict travel restrictions.
A total of 20 Republicans broke ranks on a key House vote that kept alive a proposal to quadruple that original proposal, giving teachers a pair of $2,000 raises over the next two years.
