The Mississippi Department of Education recently released the 2024-25 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program results, which showed increased proficiency in some grades and content areas but a slight ...

Mississippi’s policy landscape is rapidly evolving with critical shifts in education, taxation, public health, and electoral systems shaping its future. The dismantling of the Department of Education ...

Mississippi isn’t ensuring special education students receive all the services they’re entitled to federally, according to the U.S. Department of Education. A recent report shows Mississippi failing ...

For all the national concerns about the future of the Department of Education, the South has already shown that states can turn around struggling schools if they choose to put in the work themselves.

The agenda will feature two respected leaders in education policy, Dr. Laurie Todd-Smith and Dr. Lindsey Burke. The first ...

A new report ranks Mississippi's K-12 education at 16th in the nation, the state's highest ranking ever. The state's Kids Count score has steadily risen from 48th in 2014 to 30th last year - though ...

Donald Trump's multiple threats to eliminate the Department of Education concerns teachers in states with a well-documented history of inequitable funding and racial disparity. Donald Trump’s repeated ...

But for Gunnar Hamm, it was a place he couldn’t wait to leave. Their stories reflect the growing divide in how young adults view life in the Magnolia State — and what’s driving many to look elsewhere ...