education

USM Professor Wrote Book for Students

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When it comes to marine research, the work done by USM is some of the best in the country. Now, one professor is making sure the preparation for that great work starts early. Dr. Scott Milroy with USM Gulf Park…

Local Presidential Scholars Candidates

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Three Ocean Springs High School students were named United States Presidential Scholars candidates. Sally Boswell, Jessica Leonard and Sunna Savani will vie to be one of 161 students chosen. The U.S. Presidential Scholars is one of the nation’s highest honors…

Author Releases Book on the Black Barber

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It’s an inside look at how the African-American barber played an important role in other black Americans settling across our country. “Knights of the Razor: Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom” is the newest book by USM history professor Dr.…

Blind Date with a Book

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Most people wouldn’t go looking for love in a public library but this year, Hancock County Library officials are hoping readers wanting to spice up their literary love life will start in the book aisle. The Hancock County Library System’s…

Long Beach High School Holds College and Career Fair

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What do you want to do with your future? That was the question posed to students at Long Beach High School this morning at their college and career fair. Students from all grades took to the gym to start or…

Kids News at Quarles Elementary

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A bunch of pint-sized reporters broadcast some big news today, a mock broadcast that is, as part of a reading exercise for some kindergarteners at Quarles Elementary School in Long Beach. WXXV’s own anchor Jennifer Tubwell and meteorologist Ryan Mahan…

Appointed Superintendent Bill Passes Senate Education Committee

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Today a bill that would eliminate elected superintendents in Mississippi has passed the state Senate and now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration. The measure would require that superintendents be appointed in all 144 Mississippi school districts beginning…

Gulfport Student Going to Disney Dreamers Academy

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Cinderella always said, “A dream is a wish your heart makes.” Well, one Gulfport High School student is making her dreams come true starting with Disney Dreamers Academy. News 25’s Laurene Callander caught up with 15-year-old Mary Elizabeth Entrekin about…

Early Learning Collaborative

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Right now, the state only provides enough funding for about 2,000 of Mississippi’s 40,000 eligible three and four-year-olds to attend public preschool. As News 25’s Katarina Luketich shows us, education leaders are trying to get more money for the Early…

First Look at Hope Academy's New Building

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Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, Hope Academy has been without a permanent home for 10 years. Tonight, that all changed when the doors to their brand new school were opened for the first time. Students burst with excitement as they walk…

First Look at Hope Academy

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For over ten years, Hope Academy has been without a permanent home. Nearly a year ago, teachers and students broke ground on a permanent home, thanks to a grant from MEMA and FEMA. Today, they welcome the public to take…

Marines Enhanced Marketing Vehicle

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The Marines are always looking for a few good men and women. They’re hoping a visit from an interactive bus here on the Coast tomorrow will attract some possible candidates. Starting at 9 a.m., residents will have a chance to experience…

Public Charter Schools

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This week is National School Choice Week, highlighting education options parents have for their children. One of those options is public charter schools, something many state politicians are pushing for more of. News 25’s Katarina Luketich gives us a closer…

Coding System Comes to the Coast

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Robots, coding, and programming all seem like foreign concepts to many adults but a classroom full of fifth graders at Ocean Springs Upper Elementary makes it all look simple. News 25’s Laurene Callander caught up with these tech wizards on…

Grand Bay N.E.R.R Receives Grant

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Fourth graders of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast and Jackson County now have an opportunity to have a fun filled “estuary adventure to remember” this summer, thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation. The…

Ingalls Awards 25 STEM Grants

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Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded $100,000 in science-related grants to 25 schools and organizations on our Coast and in Alabama. News 25’s Jennifer Tubwell shows us what the grant means to students at Woolmarket Elementary School. These Woolmarket Elementary School students are…

100th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize Award

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USM’s Gulf Park campus commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Award by hosting several prize winners for a panel discussion. The panel featured former editor of the Sun Herald Stan Tiner, Gulfport native Natasha Tretheway and journalism professor and…

Family Literacy Program

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Climb CDC’s Family Enrichment Program and Goodwill of South Mississippi are teaming up to fight illiteracy on the Coast. The United State Department of Education found 29 percent of adults over the age of 16 read at an eighth grade…

Move to Learn

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Students over at Orange Grove Elementary were moving and grooving all while learning a good lesson about fitness.