Education

Mississippi's unemployment rate is 10.3 percent. Business leaders say there are jobs available, but not enough skilled workers to fill them.

We've all heard of hybrid cars and bio-diesel engines, but a farm on wheels?

Advocates want to end what they call the "schoolhouse to jailhouse pipeline"

If you have kids in school, chances are they won't only belearningsomething new next year, they will also be learning to thinkin a new way.

Mississippi is short on teachers, and the Delta region particularly hard hit. 

6 more counties are now offering kids a free lunch during summer months. 

Lack of textbooks was one of the many parent complaints that reached the state.

Drew School District said to be unfit to administer even the most basic education.

Funds that help provide low-income parents with daycare are expected to see a sharp cut next year. That's on top of the 4,000 Mississippi kids who lost daycare last month.

While the national graduation rate is predicted to increase this year, many Mississippi High School students are failing to get a diploma.

The Mississippi Supreme Court hears arguments Monday that will determine which school districts get property taxes from Chevron and the new Gulf Liquefied Natural Gas terminal.

While the national graduation rate is predicted to increase this year, many Mississippi students are failing to get a diploma. 

Hundreds of newly graduated doctors, dentists and nurses from the University Of Mississippi Medical Center are about to enter the workforce....but how many will stay in Mississippi where their skills are sorely needed?

The United States Department of Justice is continuing to investigate the treatment of students in Meridian schools.