A group of fifth graders from Biloxi Upper Elementary School took a field trip today without even leaving the building. The kids took a journey through the stars inside a hands-on planetarium. A big black object was sitting in Biloxi…
The Mississippi Reading Association is composed of educators who come together to fight illiteracy. This year, they’re huddling up on the Coast at the Beau Rivage. Before becoming a nationally syndicated cartoonist, Marshall Ramsey remembers the impact that one teacher…
For the second year in a row, the University of Southern Mississippi has been ranked by Military Times as one of the top 20 ‘best for vets’ universities across the United States. USM, the highest ranked university in Mississippi, is…
The Mississippi Reading Association is being hosted at the Beau Rivage this week. Hundreds of teachers from across the Coast have come together to learn new teaching skills and hear from the top educators. DJ Batiste says he owes his…
Now students in the Orange Grove area will never run out of books to dive into. That is all thanks to the Rotary Club of Gulfport-Orange Grove. The Rotary Club donated the very first Little Free Library that is located…
Today, the Bilingual Lending Library in Pascagoula opened up its doors for the first time to the public. The main goal for the library is to provide a more inclusive space to support the Hispanic population in the district. It…
Gulfport School District Superintendent Glen East hosted a breakfast where he gave an update on education this morning. The Gulfport School District has changed a lot over the past year and one of the biggest improvements was the opening of…
News 25's Caroline Eaker interviews Glen East about the changes in Gulfport School District.
Pathways 2 Possibilities is helping guide students toward the route to success by providing tons of hands-on career experiences. Thousands of eighth graders were at the event today at the Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi. Over three thousand eighth…
The state could take over three Mississippi school districts because of poor academic performance. A Mississippi Department of Education panel recommended to place the highest priority on taking over the Humphreys County and Noxubee County, but recommended that the state…
It’s been almost ten years since Jackson County teachers received a raise, but tonight all of that changed. The Jackson County School Board voted to pay educators what they’ve earned. After a long fight for fair compensation, Jackson County teachers…
The Jackson County School Board prepares to vote on a proposed pay raise for teachers. News 25’s Kendra Turley joins us from the meeting at St. Martin Middle School with the latest.
The Jackson County NAACP says they’re concerned about the quality of education being provided by the Moss Point School District. Jackson County NAACP President Curley Clark says their monthly meeting this Saturday will focus on steps being taken by the…
The Mississippi School Nutrition Association is in Biloxi hosting their annual conference today through Sunday. The convention will bring over 600 members from across the state to the Coast where school nutrition professionals will network and find ways to improve…
Learning about science can be hard at times and some students might even think it’s boring, but the principal at North Elementary School wanted to give the students a different lesson today. This morning, the Perk Players from the Mississippi…
Not every hero wears a cape, has superhuman strength or the ability to fly. Today, a second grader surprised his teacher at Lyman Elementary School in Harrison County by telling her she was his hero. “Ms. Payne is my hero.”…
Some super scientists presented spooky science experiments today at Pass Christian Elementary School. These second grade students have conducted several hands-on investigations to answer many scientific questions. The students took on characters of world renowned, extremely busy scientists who are…
A Mississippi school district will resume teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird” after the book was pulled from a junior high reading list. Biloxi School District administrators removed the novel from the eighth grade curriculum earlier this month after the district…
Recently, fourth through sixth graders from across the Coast submitted artwork to the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Facebook page for the Art on Ice contest. This year’s theme was ‘Christmas around the World.’ Today, the ten entries with…
Do you remember taking your ACT? Well, three students at St. Patrick Catholic High School will never forget taking theirs after receiving the perfect score of a 36. “They told us to call our parents. My mom answered the phone…
State wide “Excellence for All” school gradings are in for the 2017 school year. Coast school districts fared well. Ocean Springs was the highest rated school district on the Coast, joined by Long Beach and Biloxi with a grade of…
From heating up our homes to preparing dinner each night, we are all driven and surrounded by a number of sources of energy. This is just one reason why the Association of Blacks in Energy has named October Black Energy…
A Mississippi school is shedding the name of the Confederacy's only president and will instead be named for the first African-American president of the United States. Davis International Baccalaureate Elementary School in Jackson was named decades ago for Jefferson Davis.…
Gulfport High is the only school in the south to make the top ten in the nation for a special grant benefiting skilled trades programs. The “Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence” is awarding each school that…