Education

Both chambers have approved a bill to consolidate three districts into one.

But there are schools here that are doing something right.

Planners for the Mississippi MUseum of Civil Rights are asking citizens across the state for input.

Charter schools have hit a snag in the state legislature, but top Republican supporters say the battle is far from over this session.

A bill expanding charter schools in the state dies in committee.

Smooth sailing charter school legislation has taken a turn and may sink.

Mississippi higher learning officials say the state's colleges and universities are some of the safest places for a student. But MPB's Daniel Cherry reports how a pair of shooting deaths over the weekend put security to the test on two campuses.

Inspectors may test claims that blacks students are being unfairly punished.

They have gone through school bee's. They have gone through county bee's and now they are here competing in the state level.

Students in failing school districts may be packing up and moving next door. Both the Mississippi House and Senate passed bills yesterday that would allow individual students or entire student bodies to move to neighboring districts if theirs is failing. 

ondom demonstrations could make or break Mississippi sex education policy. The Department of Education has a team reviewing proposed sex education programs, but so far they haven’t chosen a single curriculum that is evidence based, or proven to work by the Centers for Disease Control.

Mississippi has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in country – nearly double the national average. So the fact that school districts can choose between programs proven to reduce teen pregnancy and those that haven’t is proving controversial.

Jackson Public Schools officials will get a chance to plead their case for keeping state accreditation. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports how the school system has failed to meet special education standards for more than a year, and state education officials are taking action.

Black Mississippi students struggle compared to their white counterparts.

A charter school bill is working its way through the Mississippi legislature.