The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition is seeking sponsors to operate the 2026 Summer Food ...

Beach Elementary students were recognized for being named one of the first Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools. A celebration ...

Local superintendents expressed excitement and optimism about School Year ‘24-’25 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program results, recently released by the Mississippi Department of Education. The ...

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 ...

STILL WAITING ON THE COLD FRONT TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS RELEASED THEIR ACCOUNTABILITY GRADES FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR.. SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE METRO RECEIVED HIGH GRADES.

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 ...

Nearly 8,000 students in Mississippi's public schools during one academic year were classified as homeless under a federal ...

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 compare ...

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%, ...

For these and other reasons, Mississippi and its people must apply hard work toward vast improvement across the board, and education is no exception. More than a decade after the abysmal NAEP ranking, ...

Twelve years ago, when the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores came out, the Magnolia State surprised no one by landing 49th out of 50 spots. Mississippi is a state with its ...