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MOSS POINT, Miss. -- An advocacy group says gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students in a south Mississippi school dis...
JACKSON, COUNTY, Miss. -- One Mississippi School district is hoping to protect your kids from violence by getting them to Tal...
JACKSON, Miss. – If your child wants to talk about their faith in the classroom and in classwork, that freedom has now ...
By: Knox GrahamBILOXI, Miss.—A group consisting of Gulf Coast law enforcement officials and officials from the “F...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Your Mississippi Senate passes an education reform package. This could be a game changer for your child&rsq...
JACKSON, Miss.--You will still get to elect your local school superintendent, if that's the way your county does it. The ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—The state’s two largest universities have partnered up to attract top academic tale...
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Dr. Donald Zacharias is being remembered across the state today as a visionary who brought many positive c...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—Kids from all over the state were recognized Friday for their doing their part in the &ld...
CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The State College Board’s preferred candidate to led Delta State University spent this morning on c...
CLEVELAND, Miss.--William LaForge was selected last week as the preferred candidate to become the next president of Delta Sta...
ST. MARTIN, Miss.--What looked like it may have been candy wasn't a tasty treat after all. Several students were served w...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—Students and faculty being honored at Higher Education Appreciation Day converged Tuesday...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Less than half of first time college students are graduating with in six years at several Mississippi colle...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—Automatic spending cuts all over the nation are coming on Friday if congress can’t ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—A financial literacy bill that would require all high school students to take one semeste...
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- A 17-year-old was found with a gun Wednesday at Vicksburg High. Police tell WAPT school officials called ...
JACKSON, Miss – Normally people celebrate their birthday by throwing a party or going out to eat. Former Governor Willi...
LOUISVILLE, Miss.--Expensive business machines, the trophy case, entire classrooms, all trashed by vandals. The wreckage was ...
By: Knox GrahamSTARKVILLE, Miss.—Legislation was passed in the Mississippi House almost unanimously to bring together O...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- Thanks to schools from across the state, the wheels on the bus will soon go around again at the Hatties...
By: Knox GrahamHATTIESBURG, Miss. —Only four days after the EF-4 tornado swept through Hattiesburg doing considerable d...
JACKSON, Miss. – Education bill are passing in the Mississippi Legislature and more are to come. A charter school bill ...
JACKSON, Miss.--If your child has trouble reading, a newplan that is one step closer to becoming law will give parents and te...
HATTIESBURG, Miss.--Dr. Rodney Bennett was unanimously named president of the University of Southern Mississippi. The announc...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The State College Board has named Dr. Rodney Bennett as the 10th President of the University of So...
COLUMBUS, Miss. -- A civil rights icon has died. Diane Thompson was one of three women who were the first back students to at...
JACKSON, Miss.--Prayer in school is allowed under the Constitution, it just has to be student-led. Some teachers don't un...
WEST POINT, Miss. -- Your child's chance at a different education choice in charter schools has passed the Mississippi Se...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi universities lost over $178 million in state and federal research funds over the past two y...
JACKSON, Miss. --You may need to be concerned about the safety of your school. Auditor Stacy Picker told that to a room full ...
By: Knox GrahamSTARKVILLE, Miss.—The possibility of the Starkville School District and the failing Oktibbeha County Sch...
JACKSON, Miss. News Mississippi has learned that those were St. Andrew’s Episcopal School students on that tour bus thi...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—State auditor Stacy Pickering spoke Tuesday to legislators about numerous issues plaguing...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Many of you know someone who has been affected or even died from a tobacco related illness. SMART is a new ...
WEST POINT, Miss.--"Outsourcing" your child's education is how Rep. Tyrone Ellis (D-West Point) describes the c...
JACKSON, Miss.--After nearly ten hours of debate, discussion and many failed amendments, a charter school bill (House Bill 36...
JACKSON Miss. – A charter school bill has made it to the floor of the Mississippi House. Representatives voiced their c...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi’s two largest universities are teaming up to create an innovative program that they hope ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- A bill to protect your child’s first amendment rights at school has been filed today in the Mississip...
JACKSON, Miss. – “Handcuffs on Success” is the name of a new study released by the ACLU, NAACP, and the Adv...
JACKSON, Miss. – A charter school bill has passed in the Senate Education Committee. Senate Education Committee Chairma...
OXFORD, Miss. -- The North Mississippi man accused of threatening a Columbine style attack on his old high school says he is ...
JACKSON, Miss. – Your five-year-old is not required to go to school but lawmakers may want to change that. Several legi...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch spoke the media on Friday about two different topics of ...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Economic Council Hosted it’s Capital day Thursday morning with briefings from state o...
By: Knox GrahamRIDGELAND, Miss.—Tuesday two higher-learning institutes came together for a partnership in Mississippi.T...
JACKSON, Miss.--The Mississippi Legislature was expected to take up education early on in deliberations following the gavelin...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The 2013 Mississippi Legislative session gets underway noon Tuesday, but Lt. Gov Tate Reeves has already la...
By: Knox GrahamTUPELO, Miss.—Tensions have remained high since the Sandy Hook school-shooting tragedy, and one instance...
MAGEE, Miss. – The Principal of Magee High School found a note on the school’s door this morning threatening him ...
By: Knox GrahamGRENADA, Miss.-- A student from Grenada Middle School was caught with a weapon last week at school two days be...
By: Knox GrahamCLAY COUNTY, Miss.-- A familiar last name will be on the ballot January 15th, 2013 to try and fill the late Be...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut brings back familiar memories for some Miss...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Several Mississippian were left uneasy by the tragic mass shooting Friday at a Newtown, Connecticut Element...
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- The Driver killed in that Thursday bus-car collision in Jackson County has been identified as Bryan ...
JACKSON, Miss. --Mississippi’s first Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Summit was held Thursday in Jackson. More than 200 te...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- The Women's Fund of Mississippi and the Department of Health are hosting a conference on ...
BY: News Mississippi StaffCALHOUN CITY, Miss. -- A Calhoun City parent is accusing a local high school teacher of using socia...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi celebrates 30 years of the Mississippi Education Reform Act of 1982. The act mandated public ki...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- Governor Phil Bryant spoke about his education reform plans for the state today at Northwest ...
ITTA BENA, Miss.--Dr. Alfred Rankins, Jr. of Greenville, has been appointed acting president of Miss. Valley State University...
WEST POINT, Miss.--Long-time state Sen. Bennie Turner has died. He passed away Tuesday at University of Mississippi Medical C...
JACKSON, Miss. – Representative Linda Whittington wants her seat back on the House Education Committee, but Speaker of ...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- The story that started to grow legs about teachers in the mid-south states of Mississippi, Ar...
JACKSON, Miss.--Reports from the capitol Wednesday said Rep. Linda Whittington (D-Schlater) has put in a request to be back o...
JACKSON, Miss. -- The state college board has approved a $50 tuition increase per semester for Mississippi State and Ole ...
TOUGALOO, Miss. -- Tougaloo College Monday welcomed home the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement.“It&rsqu...
JACKSON, Miss.--Education will likely be the main focus of Republicans in the 2013 legislative session. Lawmakers are working...
FLOWOOD, Miss. -- Despite your criticism about the graphic images they are showing children, a group of anti-abortion protest...
Iris Barnes contributed to this report.ABERDEEN, Miss.--Bryan K. Flanner was a teacher at the Advanced Learning Center in Bec...
BRANDON, Miss. -- Several kids were taken to the hospital this morning after a school bus accident in Brandon.That bus was tu...
Oxford, Miss. – Presidential election results are said to be the cause of protests early Wednesday morning at the Unive...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Your teenagers have already picked who they want to be America’s next President.“And I will tel...
Iris Barnes contributed to this report.WAYNE COUNTY, Miss.--Students were still out of school Tuesday after a fire at Clara S...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- Homeschool kids around Mississippi are looking at a law that could allow them to participate ...
JACKSON, Miss.--Classroom technology has college students in the Magnolia State carrying around laptops, smart phones, tablet...
SALTILLO, Miss. -- Mississippi students compete for a color classroom. Glidden paint has announced it will donate up to 200 g...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- Twenty schools from around the state were awarded the Exceed Schools Award this week.The Miss...
GREENVILLE, Miss.--A decision by the Greenville City Council Thursday afternoon has the city under a state of emergency for a...
BROOKHAVEN, Miss.--It was indeed student-led prayer in Lincoln County Thursday. We got a photo Tweeted in of a prayer rally a...
JACKSON, Miss. -- It was through song and drama Thursday that Jackson State University marked its second spot on the Mississi...
LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss.--The Mississippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union says no prayer or religious activities ca...
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. -- Rust College professor Dr. Sylvester Oliver is out a job and now out of jail on a $25,000 bond. T...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Nearly 3,000 Mississippi students dropped out of high school last year. But It’s your third grader th...
JACKSON, Miss. -- Education reform is expected to be a hot topic during the 2013 legislative session.House Education Committe...
JACKSON, Miss.--Sen. Hob Bryan's Tuesday comments to WCBI TV in Columbus were that education legislation now being crafte...
WEST POINT, Miss.--Comments by Democrat Sen. Hob Bryan to WCBI TV following a Tuesday meeting of lawmakers and educators were...
DECATUR, Miss. -- You know the big announcement From East Central Community College was coming today. Well, now the cats out ...
DECATUR, Miss.--It'scolossal!It's stupendous! And we don't know what it is. In fact, we'll have to wait until...
JACKSON, Miss.--You might have seen more kids than usual on the sidewalks this morning. It's International Walk to School...
JACKSON, Miss.--We heard a few weeks ago from the Institutions of Higher Learning Commissioner Dr. Hank Bounds, who said Miss...
BRANDON, Miss. -- Governor Phil Bryant and Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith had lunch at a Brandon elementary school...
By: Knox GrahamJACKSON, Miss.-- As the November 6th general election continues to get closer some college students in Mississ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.--It's a state of emergency in the Oktibbeha County School District and the superintendent and school bo...
Mississippi College plans to return to the NCAA Division II. The school moved away from the division and to the American Sout...
By: Knox GrahamOKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss.-- The wheels were set in motion today by the Commission of School Accreditation to bri...
JACKSON, Miss. -- A growing number of Mississippians are going to college, without ever setting foot in a classroom. Many of ...
By: Knox GrahamHATTIESBURG, Miss.-- Reports came out yesterday of one Hattiesburg High School student that had a handgun in h...
by Chris DavisNEWTON, Miss.--The student who shot himself in a Newton High School classroom Friday has died. The name of the ...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--Among other items coming to light as a joint legislative committee heard budget requests in the...
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Trell Kimmons, Coldwater, Miss. native turned Olympic athlete takes a stop at Hinds Community College in Ra...
by Chris DavisAn analytical look at the philosophy behind planned education reformsMississippi's voters spoke about what ...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--We are learning a great deal about the real state of Mississippi's finances in this week of...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--We're learning more about how a freeze on the state's prepaid college tuition will affe...
By: Knox GrahamOxford, Miss.-- The University of Mississippi has continued to see growth over the years and the school releas...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--The announcement came Monday from the state college board that enrollment is up from last year....
By: Iris BarnesCLEVELAND, Miss. -- Delta State University is one of 40 colleges and universities nationwide to get a Substanc...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--Not everyone is satisfied with the standards by which our schools are graded. The new school ac...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--The state college board, also known as IHL (Institutions for Higher Learning) will likely ask f...
by Chris DavisJACKSON, Miss.--The state capitol is not generally full of lawmakers in the summer. In fact, the meeting room w...
by Chris DavisHATTIESBURG, Miss.--The University of Southern Mississippi is looking for its next president and members of the...
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