Education
Grrrl Justice at JSU, Virtual Learning at USM and Suicide Prevention Symposium at MSU
The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University and JSU’s student organization Gathering Information Related to Ladies are partnering to host a screening and panel discussion of the short narrative …
coronavirus
Schools That Are Mostly Black, Latino Favor Starting Online
Districts where the vast majority of students are white are more than three times as likely as school districts that enroll mostly students of color to be open for some …
coronavirus
Grants for Projects at MSU and USM, JSU to Serve as Polling Place
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, an organization devoted to curing spinal cord injury by advancing research and improving the quality of life for individuals with paralysis, recently awarded a …
Education
MSU Receives Grants for Blindness Research and Solar Fuel, USM Online University Forum
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research recently gave a five-year, $4 million grant to Mississippi State University's National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low …
coronavirus
Experts Fear The Worst As School Districts Return to Classrooms
Though many RCSD teachers reached out to share their stories, many more from other districts and counties expressed a powerful sense of dread before the return to in-person classes.
Education
Mississippi University to Rename 'Dixie Darlings' Dance Team
The University of Southern Mississippi’s marching band, The Pride of Mississippi, announced last month that it would look to select a new name for its dancers, the “Dixie Darlings," who …
Education
USM Mask Distribution, JSU/UVM Online Lead Course and Tougaloo #VoteHBCU Competition
The University of Southern Mississippi recently partnered with the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation and the Mississippi Network for Cancer Control and Prevention on an effort to distribute thousands of …
coronavirus
Biloxi High School Closed Because of 'Unnecessary' Gatherings
A Mississippi high school is shutting down for two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that happened after large “unnecessary” social gatherings where distancing guidelines were ignored, the state health …
coronavirus
As World Grapples with Pandemic, Schools Are the Epicenter
The world is settling into a new normal for everyday life amid the coronavirus pandemic: online school classes, intermittent Zoom outages, museums that will only allow about a quarter of …
coronavirus
Entire Fourth Grade Class in Mississippi Sent to Quarantine
An entire fourth grade class in Mississippi is in quarantine after a student and more than half of a school's fourth grade teachers tested positive for coronavirus.
Education
MSU Outstanding Economic Impact Award, UM Virtual Internship Course and Tougaloo/Nike Partnership
The Mississippi Main Street Association presented its Outstanding Economic Impact Award to Mississippi State University and the City of Starkville for their “Orientation Dine Around Downtown” project.
coronavirus
Two Mississippi Universities Find COVID-19 as Students Return
Outbreaks of the new coronavirus have been found at two of Mississippi's eight public universities within the first days of students returning to campuses, the state health officer said Wednesday.
City & County
When Schools Close Down in Jackson
Quinyetta Kinner was sad when George Elementary School on Hunter Street in Jackson closed in 2018. She attended the school from pre-kindergarten until the 5th grade and has a lot …
coronavirus
Mississippi Will Provide Free Virus Testing to Teachers
The state of Mississippi is expanding access to free coronavirus testing for teachers and school-based emergency telehealth coverage after more than 70 of the state's 82 counties have reported outbreaks …
City & County
Jackson Public Schools Cancels Falls Sports Amid COVID-19
Fall sports and extracurricular activities for students in Mississippi's second largest school district have been canceled amid concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
