Education

Maurice Lucas, president of the Cleveland School Board, talks about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Tonya Short, mother of a 7th grader in Cleveland, spoke to MPB's Sandra Knispel about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Holmes Adams, a lawyer for the Cleveland School District, discusses an ongoing desegregation case, involving the two middle and high schools in Cleveland.

A federal Judge is currently deciding whether two schools in the Delta will finally be desegregated.

Mississippi childcare providers are pushing back against a state program requiring some parents to scan their fingerprint at daycare centers.

Supporters of abstience plus sex education think the program will help lower Mississippi's teen pregnancy rate.

A trip over the Mississippi river could impact the debate over charter schools.

Ole Miss is still working on ways to deal with the aftermath of the race protest the night of President Obama’s re-election.

A once failing Delta magnet school made the largest test score gains of any school in Mississippi.

The Ole Miss community is still debating the ugly race protests on campus in the wake of President Obama’s re-election three weeks ago.

While part of the problem of teen pregnancy may be fueled by lack of education Dr. Leigh Gray, an OBGYN at Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven believes financial incentives may play an even larger role.

Ole Miss opens a food bank on campus for hungry students.

The University of Mississippi is taking concrete steps to deal with the fallout from the protests that erupted after President Obama’s re-election two weeks ago.

Mississippi childcare providers are up in arms over a fingerscan program for low-income parents. 

The state college board has approved a new fee for students at the Mississippi's two  biggest universities.