With National Apprenticeship Week winding down, Jackson County industry leaders wanted to celebrate their recent efforts to get more qualified people into the local workforce.
The sound of broken glass is not often associated with progress. But it is to the people who are working to restore the old Turkey Creek Head Start Center on Rippy Road in Gulfport.
Holding signs that say “Let their smiles show” and “Unmask me,” parents and students gathered before the meeting to protest the district’s mask mandate.
The annual event started back in 2013, but it was canceled last year due to the pandemic. This time around, they welcomed the second-largest group of all time.
$3,300 over a three-year span. It's a potential raise for state teachers and a piece of the upcoming state budget that Gov. Tate Reeves wants lawmakers to approve.
The Mississippi Department of Education held eight meetings across the state to discuss the importance of parental involvement when it comes to the literacy rate amongst third graders.
Shortly after the mask mandate ban was signed into law by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a lawsuit was filed against Lee and his education secretary Penny Schwinn.
With a windfall of federal coronavirus relief money at hand, schools across the U.S. are using portions to quickly expand their capacity to address students’ struggles with mental health.
“In the state of Mississippi, [head start] was something that was not wanted... because it was going to take the workers from the field to have to take care of the children,” Dr. Marvin Hogan said in a 2019 interview with National Head Start Association.
Who would have thought that a colorful street characterized by a comedic pair of roommates, helpful neighbors, and a larger than life bird (literally) would find itself at the center of a controversy.
After the failure of last spring’s facility bond proposal, district officials moved forward with a detailed plan to address facility needs in county schools.
In a transparent letter to parents on Thursday, Biloxi Superintendent Marcus Boudreaux addressed recent rumors on social media that threats of a shooting have been made.
United States Air Force Lt. Col. Cleo Lampkin has been a cyberspace operations officer for more than 15 years and said people don’t realize how harmful the consequences can be if we’re not careful.
The project emphasizes training of domestic students to develop a workforce of next-generation aerospace composite scientists and engineers to meet an emerging need of highly skilled professionals.
Students in the Harrison County School District will have some extra protection on the way to and from school. The district placed cameras in and around school buses to help catch unsafe drivers.
Hard work and innovation is paying off for 11 of Mississippi’s most outstanding teachers named the 2021 Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grant recipients.
Many angry parents are still demanding answers as to why the Stone County School District didn’t inform anyone when a student brought a loaded gun to Stone Middle School on Sept. 20.
