Wicker meets with Ivanka Trump, talks career education
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, met with Ivanka Trump this week to discuss her work to promote apprenticeships and career and technical education programs. Wicker has...
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Mississippi schools begin charter process
by Alex Paton
The process has begun for approving new charter school in the state. So far there have been 16 requests to begin the proposal process according...
Mississippi school districts awarded $886K in STEM grants
by Alex Paton
Over a dozen Mississippi school districts will share $886,000 in grants to enhance or establish programs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Kindergarten...
Featured Mississippi workforce and education to spearhead unified plan
by Alex Paton
Education and workforce in Mississippi have gone hand in hand for years, but now, the two will be seeing more communication. The state Workforce Investment...
Featured Mississippi students show national improvement of 8th grade reading scores
by Alex Paton
Mississippi showed a significant increase in 8th grade Reading on the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) compared to 2015 scores, tying with Washington...
Featured Educators, parents gather at Capitol for Head Start rally
by Alex Paton
Hundreds of Mississippi parents, teachers, community leaders, lawmakers, partners, and allies of Head Start gathered for a rally and press conference on the steps of...
Featured Mississippi lawmakers react to special session on ed funding rewrite
by Alex Paton
While the Governor has said that he would not call a special session to go over the education funding re-write unless the House and Senate...
Featured Governor talks legislative session and D.C. updates
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant recently sat down with News Mississippi to discuss the legislative session and his recent trip to Washington, D.C. During his time visiting with...
Featured Education funding reform passes from committee, heads to Senate floor
by Alex Paton
The deadline for Committee action on the MAEP re-write for funding public education in Mississippi is here. The bill passed the Senate education committee and...
Featured 78 Mississippi students selected as candidates for U.S. Presidential scholars program
by Alex Paton
Mississippi currently has 78 students that have been selected as candidates for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program and with only 161 students chosen across the...