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Systemic and Education Editor Torsheta Jackson was a long-time educator before joining MFP in 2023 to lead the Education Equity Reporting Lab.

The Mississippi State Board of Education voted on June 19 to eliminate the U.S. History end-of-course assessment as a requirement for graduation.

Making funny videos and engaging audiences for prospects were skills Jaylin Smith learned from her graduate experience at the University of Mississippi in Journalism and New Media. While receiving her...

The Mississippi Department of Education initiated the Administrative Procedures Act process for a policy that would bring the agency into compliance with Mississippi’s new anti-DEI law.

The Farm to Community initiative has served nearly 400 students and 2,000 Jackson residents. But now, Trump’s USDA has canceled a grant that funds it.

Tougaloo College received “concerning calls” after U.S. House Rep Jasmine Crockett gave the keynote address at the school’s recent commencement ceremony.

Mississippi Valley State’s band will participate in Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, but the plans have drawn some criticism.

Students across Mississippi participated in mock elections as part of the Mississippi Secretary of State Office’s Promote the Vote campaign.

Poll workers at Mississippi’s Tougaloo College turned would-be student voters away because they did not move their registration to a campus address.

Kimberly Griffin writes about the perspectives Youth Media Project student journalists shared over the summer as they reported on the 2024 election.

Mississippi College will change its name to “Mississippi Christian University” and drop its football program after the current season.