Education
JPS Board of Trustees Announce Selection of New Superintendent Scianna Challenge at USM, UM Medgar Evers Scholarship and Millsaps Arts & Lecture Series Eudora Welty Chair at Millsaps, Free National Guard Tuition at MSU and USM Foundation Milestone $65 Million Bond for JPS Passes in Landslide Plugging Kids into Mental Health JPS Bond Vote: 'It's So Integral to the Success of Every One of Us Students' JPS and Tougaloo Early College Program, MSU YMCA Renovation and USM Optoelectronic Center JPS Sets Up Bond Oversight Committee for $65 Million on Ballot Aug. 7 Slashed Funding Ends Southern Miss Health Care Help Program Pro-School Bond Ruling Appealed to Mississippi Supreme Court DuBard Dyslexia Symposium, Universities Studying Slavery Symposium and MSU Meteorological Award OPINION: JPS: More Than A School Building JPS Bond Should Pass, Working Together Jackson Says Gov. Bryant Approves Takeover of Mississippi School District Bond Supporters: ‘We’re Hoping for Change’
The Jackson Public School Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Dr. Errick Greene to the position of Superintendent of Schools on Tuesday, August 21.
Kenny and Vicki Scianna, Madison residents who attended the University of Southern Mississippi, recently established an endowment for the university's Children's Center for Communication and Development.
Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum and National Guard Commander Maj. Gen. Janson "Durr" Boyles signed an agreement on Tuesday, Aug. 7, that says MSU will guarantee free tuition for Mississippi National Guard service members.
The crowd of Jackson Public Schools Board members, students and parents was joyous when they received news that the bond referendum passed on Tuesday night.
NFusion Metro is a community-based mental-health-care program primarily for ages 11 to 18 years old in the Jackson area. During the summer, counselors are doing themed weeks for their lesson time.
Jackson Public Schools officials and supporters of Tuesday's bond referendum held a press conference Monday, Aug. 6.
Jackson Public Schools recently partnered with Tougaloo College to establish an Early College High School program. ECHS is an independent high-school program that will operate on Tougaloo's campus in the Owens Health and Wellness Center.
If the $65-million bond passes on Aug. 7, the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees have framework in place to create a bond oversight committee.
A University of Southern Mississippi program that helped residents navigate the federal health insurance marketplace will end because of budget cuts.
Opponents of a Mississippi school district's effort to secure bonds to build a new high school have appealed to the state Supreme Court.
The DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi will host the 22nd annual DuBard Symposium Sept. 13-14 at the Thad Cochran Center on the Hattiesburg campus.
We all aspire to make a difference in our schools and communities by having more opportunities to participate in activities that support our growth and development.
Working Together Jackson pledged to bring at least 2,000 "yes" votes to Jackson Public School's bond referendum on Aug. 7.
Gov. Phil Bryant on Wednesday approved a takeover by the state Department of Education of a rural eastern Mississippi school district experiencing financial and other problems.
Teachers, students and Jackson Public Schools board members filled the community center in Jackson on July 17 for a people's assembly in support of the upcoming $65-million bond referendum.