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The Arkansas Public Resource Center held its fall conference Tuesday at the Hot Springs Convention Center, featuring state Education Secretary Jacob Oliva and others speaking on the increasing significance of early childhood literacy.

HOT SPRINGS -- The Arkansas Public Resource Center held its fall conference Tuesday at the Hot Springs Convention Center, featuring state Education Secretary Jacob Oliva and others speaking on the increasing significance of early childhood literacy.

Former state superintendent Carey Wright shares strategies for sustained improvements in student outcomes and hopes for the future of education in Mississippi.

Mississippi took numerous, focused steps that resulted in student reading proficiency scores rising from 49th in the nation to 29th.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the Education Commission of the States announced Mississippi as the 2023 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation recipient in recognition of the state’s noteworthy improvements in academic achievement among K-12 students. The Education Commission of the States gave Mississippi the 2023 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation for advancing academic […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news lead...

Mississippi has been named one of only five states across the nation whose state-funded pre-K program meets all 10 quality standards for early childhood education. According to the latest report published in the National Institute for Early Education Research’s (NIEER) report “The State of Preschool 2022,” Mississippi has continued to be...

The state took numerous, focused steps that elevated students’ reading scores from among the lowest in the nation. Here’s how educators did it.

The new ELCs will serve 780 pre-K 4-year-olds in nine new classrooms, 30 existing classrooms.  he Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Aug. 18, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 30 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs

Mississippi’s national ranking for pre-K improved since last year from 39th to 38th for access and 42nd to 39th in state spending per child. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) recognized Mississippi in its latest report on pre-K quality as one of only five states whose stat

The seven new ELCs will serve 2,050 pre-K 4-year-olds in 35 new classrooms and 72 existing classrooms. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted April 21 to add seven new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 23 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K