Mississippi Power helps local students celebrate Read Across America Day
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- Monday was Read Across America Day and volunteers across South Mississippi are helping turn the page on literacy. Mississippi Power employees spent the…
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North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School launching student meteorologist program
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is launching its new student meteorologist program. From forecasting the weather to forecasting their future, these…
William Carey University partners with MC School of Law
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WXXV)-William Carey University has teamed up with Mississippi College School of Law. The new partnership allows WCU students who want to pursue a career in law to save time and money. The agreement offers an accelerated pathway that…
Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub to Host 2026 Summer Residency Program at Southern Miss
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WXXV)- A summer residency program is coming to the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. The Mississippi Digital Humanities Hub, also known as The Hub, is holding the six-week program for students majoring in humanities related fields at…
Mississippi Senate passes education reforms, advances historic PERS funding
JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi State Senate has passed substantial funding for the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) along with multiple bills to strengthen Mississippi’s education system, including a teacher pay raise, reducing restrictions on retired teachers returning to work, and making…
University of Southern Miss awarded $2.1 million
The University of Southern Mississippi has been awarded a major federal grant aimed at improving student success. The U.S. Department of Education awarded Southern Miss a $2.1 million five-year…
Lynn Meadows hosting homeschool classes
Lynn Meadows is hosting home school classes. Those who come out can go behind the exhibits and learn about science, technology, and imagination. Pristine Hester joins us with the details. For…
Community leaders hold forum to discuss school choice
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)-A public forum on the topic of school choice was hosted by the East Biloxi Civic Club at the Gruich Community Center Thursday night. Community leaders…
State universities see enrollment growth
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning released 2025 student fall enrollment numbers for Mississippi’s public universities. Across the ten schools showed a continued increase in enrollment with a nearly three percent…
New undergraduate degree program announced at Southern Miss
The University of Southern Mississippi announced Thursday that they are offering a new undergraduate degree. The new Philosophy, Religion, and Law Interdisciplinary Degree will provide students with advanced…
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann recognizes schools with high attendance
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann announced he awarded 130 Mississippi schools the Lt. Governor’s Attendance Award. The award is granted to schools for maintaining strong student attendance and…
Licensure requirements changed for prospective teachers in special education and elementary school
By LEONARDO BEVILACQUA/Mississippi Today The Mississippi Department of Education has announced new pathways to become certified elementary educators and special educators. The change became effective Monday. Education students can start teaching elementary school classes on a provisional license while taking a…
Chronic absenteeism in Mississippi schools
According to Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, a new report reveals the statewide chronic absenteeism rate in Mississippi public schools is now at more than 27 percent. While some schools are doing…
‘A game changer’: New virtual learning program addresses Mississippi’s teacher shortage
By DEVNA BOSE/Mississippi Today Thanks to a new partnership between the Mississippi Department of Education and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, students across the state will be getting new teachers this year. But those teachers won’t be in classrooms, sitting behind desks. They’ll…
MSU Meridian Division awarded $1.2 million MDE grant
Mississippi State University’s Meridian Division received a generous grant from the Mississippi State Department of Education. MDE gave the university a $1.2 million grant to help strengthen and…
AI opportunities for Mississippi college students
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we work, live and play. Mississippi is ahead of most states when it comes to AI because of the Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network, headquartered…
Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement
By COLLIN BINKLEY Updated 11:07 AM CDT, October 13, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students…
D’Iberville High students create judo-bots
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- D’Iberville High students had a fun time in their computer science and engineering class last week. Their STEM project involved creating judo-bots. These robots were created with four key…
William Carey University sees historic enrollment growth for fall 2025
William Carey University is celebrating historic growth for the fall 2025 semester. Over 6,000 students have enrolled. That’s 14 percent overall increase in graduate and undergraduate…
Two Coast students named U.S. Presidential Scholars
Two South Mississippi high school students have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2025. Alexis Griffith of Long Beach High and Jackson Pearce of Gulfport High are two of…
MGCCC massage therapy program receives scholarship
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College received a generous $2,600 scholarship Monday morning from the Sunray Companies in support of the college’s massage therapy program at the Perkinston Campus. The Sunray…
Mississippi invests in two pre-kindergarten programs to help prepare kids for school
By DEVNA BOSE/Mississippi Today PETAL, Miss. (AP) — Preschoolers kneel on a kaleidoscope rug, their clumsy hands reaching for wooden blocks, little socked feet tucked underneath. Block by block, they build a tower that only teeters a little, and for a…
D’Iberville High School demonstrates new robotic dog
D’IBERVILLE, Miss. (WXXV)- There’s a new best friend at D’Iberville High School that is making a positive impact on students and staff. The school recently used donated funds to…
Save money on the cost of college tuition with MPACT program
If you are a parent with a child in college or eventually going to college in Mississippi, you know about the cost of tuition and…