New law allows military families to choose school for children
A bill that passed through the legislature earlier in the session will allow military families to choose where their children will attend school. House Bill 1341…
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Pascagoula-Gautier School District mother named Mississippi 2024 Parent of the Year
The Mississippi Department of Education announced the 2024 Mississippi Parent of the Year. The honor goes to Jessica McNeel, a mother of three with two…
Mississippi Senate agrees to a new school funding formula, sending plan to the governor
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler…
Advancing STEM Education: PRCC Students earn stipend awards from Mississippi Space Grant Consortium
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Five Pearl River Community College students have been selected to receive the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC) STEM Student Stipend Award for 2024. Applicants were selected based on their work completed in the STEM Club as an…
MGCCC celebrates success at 2024 State SkillsUSA Competitions
Photos: (1) Post-Secondary Winners From left are Brent Bond, Electrical Instructor; Emmanuel Reyes, Silver Medal, Industrial Motor Controls; Bruce Bradley, Silver Medal, Electrical Construction Wiring; Piper Haag, Gold Medal, Baking & Pastry; Liliane Bullock, Bronze Medal-Culinary…
USM School of Education Ranked in U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Education Schools
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 08:41am | By: Karelia Pitts The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) School of Education has been ranked No. 99 among the 2024 Best Education Schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Designed for prospective students…
Pass Christian School District State of the Education Address
Employees of the Pass Christian School District and community members met at the Cat Island Event Space for the school district's State of Education address. Superintendent Dr.…
Truman Scholar Travels Globe to Study Conservation
OXFORD, Miss. – From across the world, University of Mississippi biology major Christian Boudreaux received a life-changing Zoom call from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. Despite Zanzibar's spotty internet service, the message was clear: Boudreaux had won a coveted Truman Scholarship. The Harry…
Hancock High students learn the importance of voting
Hancock High School students learned the importance of voting. The students voted for council officers for the 2024-2025 school year, using what they learned when they become…
Mississippi Senate blocks House proposal to revise school funding formula
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are unlikely to create a new funding formula for public schools this year, after senators blocked a House proposal Tuesday. Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar said leaders of the two chambers should discuss school funding…
Empowering Women in STEM: PRCC STEM Club Hosts Symposium with Special Guest Dr. Verba Moore
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — In celebration of Women's History Month, the Pearl River Community College STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Club for the Poplarville Campus hosted a Women in STEM Symposium on Thursday, March 28. Dr. Verba Moore, a retired colonel…
Mississippi Senate confirms next State Superintendent of Education
Today, the Mississippi Senate voted to confirm Dr. Lance Evans as the next State Superintendent of Education. In December 2023, the State Board of Education named Dr. Evans to the post after a national search. Senate confirmation during the 2024…
Military Friendly Ranks UM Among Top 10 Schools in the Nation
OXFORD, Miss. – The Military Friendly Advisory Council has named the University of Mississippi among the top 10 schools in the nation for military preparedness, an all-time high for Mississippi's flagship university. Military Friendly ranks colleges and universities across the…
MGCCC named No. 1 Military Friendly and Military Spouse Friendly School in nation
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has once again solidified its commitment to serving the military community by achieving the remarkable feat of being recognized as the No. 1 Military Friendly and Military Spouse Friendly School in the nation simultaneously. This…
Hall endows MSU mechanical engineering school
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is becoming a named academic school with a cornerstone endowment gift from alumnus Michael W. Hall and his wife Valarie. The Michael W. Hall School of Mechanical Engineering’s namesake originally hails from Pontotoc…
Class Act Teacher of the Month: Vancleave Upper Elementary's Nancy Chandler
WXXV’s Grant Chighizola is heading back to the classroom, highlighting a teacher who’s been shaping minds in Jackson County for years now at Vancleave Upper Elementary. When Grant stopped…
MGCCC student awarded prestigious Guistwhite Scholarship
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College proudly announces that Kiyoshi Takahashi, a student at the Jackson County Campus, has been named a 2024 Guistwhite Scholar by Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). Takahashi is among the eight exceptional PTK members selected nationwide to…
USM Represented at Premier 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting
University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) students, faculty and staff showcased a variety of coastal topics during the biennial American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ocean Sciences Meeting held recently in New Orleans. The meeting attracted…
MSU celebrates 19 teachers earning National Board Certification
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s World Class Teaching Program is celebrating 19 teachers who have achieved the prestigious National Board Certification and four who have renewed the credential. Representing school districts across the state, teachers who earned or maintained the certification through…
1 in 5 dyslexic children go undiagnosed. Educators say how the state can help.
Lighthouse Academy for Dyslexia held the Southeastern Dyslexia Summit for the third year. "You don't just slam these children in LD [learning disability class], and take away their recess and their gym time.…
MGCCC’s Jackson County Campus hosts the 40th Annual MCTM Middle School District Math Tournament
On March 5, 2024, twenty-four seventh graders and twenty-four eighth graders from twelve area schools gathered to compete in the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics Middle School District Math Tournament at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus.…
A proposal to merge 2 universities fizzles in the Mississippi Senate
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to merge one of Mississippi’s smallest universities into one of its largest ones died Wednesday in the state Senate. But the future of the small school, Mississippi University for Women, could still be endangered by a bill…
State Board of Education approves three new early learning collaboratives to serve pre-K 4-year-olds
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to add three new early learning collaboratives to the current list of 37 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students. This ELC expansion is…
Mississippi House votes to change school funding formula, but plan faces hurdles in the Senate
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to set a new formula to calculate how much money the state will spend on public schools — a step toward abandoning a formula that has put generations…