Rankin County families are preparing for the end of a 50-year-old federal desegregation order Rankin County School District.

Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson writes that she learned about the importance of voting through showing, not telling.

The updated Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law limits excused absences and allows for earlier intervention to prevent truancy.

Mississippi has opened applications for workforce training, allowing eligible students to use federal Pell Grant funds on short-term training programs.

Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson writes about the joy and chaos of being a sports mom.

A new Mississippi law requires schools to offer driver’s education courses. But the plan faces numerous challenges with funding and resources.

Nicky Forster is a data journalist with the Associated Press based in New York.

An Associated Press analysis found that Mississippi had the nation’s highest student loan default rate.

The Mississippi Department of Education’s decision  will allow teachers to access Education Enhancement Funds earlier using a digital platform

Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson writes that travel is important to her family because of the lessons that it teaches her children that they cannot learn from a textbook.

The Mississippi Department of Education announced that more than 75% of third-grade students passed the state reading exam on the first try.

Systemic and Solutions Editor Torsheta Jackson encourages graduates to stay in the state and help improve it.

Northeast Lauderdale High School said it is investigating a video showing a student drawing a racial slur in the dirt of a baseball field.

Innova Preparatory School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, offers specialized K-12 education for neurodiverse students.

The Bean Path’s Older Adults Technology School provides opportunities for seniors ages 60 and older to learn technology skills.

The Institutions of Higher Learning board held  a listening session to discuss the next president of the Mississippi University for Women.

Governor Tate Reeves has signed the Mississippi Math Act, a comprehensive education bill that aims to improve standards on a number of subjects.

Jackson State University has announced Denise Gregory Jones as its 14th president.

Editor Torsheta Jackson gives a pep talk to teachers, students and parents who are living through state testing season.

Belhaven University will resume online courses March 19 after the university was hit with a cyberattack on March 6, 2026.