Education

The state school board could take over Oktibbeha County School District for the second time.

Dr. Hank Bounds has concerns about the long term health of Mississippi's higher education system.

Dr. Hank Bounds sits down with the MPB editorial board to discuss education in Mississippi.

leading state budget writers could do away with the state's public education funding formula.

Mississippi-native Natasha Trethewey not only the current Mississippi poet laureate, she’s also the latest poet laureate of the United States.

A popular program that lets parents prepay college is undergoing an audit.

The state school board re-affirms its decision to drop graduation rates from accountibilty standards for one year.

Just like their students, schools and districts now receive a letter grade indicating how well they did. But gains are being disputed. 

The buzz at Cafe Climb is culinary skills can move at-risk young adults up to a solid career. The new Gulfport restaurant is attracting the downtown lunch crowd with shrimp creole, okra, black-eyed peas and daily specials.

Biloxi elementary students who went through Hurricane Katrina have their art collected in a book titled 'The Storm', published in 2006. Now, as  teenagers, they're reflecting on what they learned from the disaster.

Three Mississippi schools - Saucier Elementary, Pass Christian Middle and West Lincoln Attenance Center in Brookhaven - have been recognized as national Blue Ribbon Schools.

Mississippi is near the top in per capita prison population and prison officials see education as the cure.

Mississippi child care providers are fighting a new fingerprint scanning program for parents.

Education leaders in Mississippi are hearing from Florida education experts about what is working in the Sunshine State.

The Mississippi legislature is asking the Education Department to explain why they removed graduation requirements from the school accountability system.