The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced 84% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest for 2023-24. Though the pass rate is slightly lower than 2022-23 (84.9%), third graders achieved an all-time high...
Governor Tate Reeves has partnered with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) and declared November 10-16, 2024, as Mississippi Veterans’ Suicide Awareness Week, a time dedicated to recognizing and addressing the mental health challenges...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results of all public high school juniors who took the test during the spring 2024 statewide administration. Mississippi is one of 16 states that administers the ACT for free to high school juniors. The...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Enrollment numbers released by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning earlier this week show that across all institutions student enrollment increased by more than 2,700 students from Fall 2023 (77,074) to...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune With members in 78 of the state’s 82 counties, a coalition of healthcare providers have formed the Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative. Announced Monday, the Collaborative’s focus is on providing sustainable solutions...
November is National Diabetes Month, and the Mississippi State Department of Health is spreading awareness by organizing a two-day event highlighting the importance of prevention, early detection and management of the disease that is the eighth leading cause of death...
