STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University’s College of Education is celebrating today [Jan. 30] its designation as a ...

In 2011, the course of Mississippi's sex education shifted. House Bill 999, which became law after passing through the 2011 legislative session, requires each public school district to choose either ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Reading state test scores released from the Mississippi Department of Education show momentum continuing to build across the state. 85% of third graders passed the third-grade ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released its 2024-25 Chronic Absenteeism Report on Thursday. The report shows Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate rose to 27.6%, ...

District becomes sixth in state to be designated as District of Transformation due to academic deficiencies ...

The Mississippi Department of Education recently released ACT scores reflective of spring 2025, and local schools serving Benton and Tippah County students witnessed a wide variation of scores ...

In 2011, Mississippi law required public schools to teach either abstinence-only or abstinence-plus sex education. Despite a significant drop in teen pregnancies since 2011, Mississippi still has the ...