CMSD improves scores for second straight year
For the second year in a row, Columbus Municipal School District students’ spring assessment scores increased compared to the previous year’s.
GTECHS scores will be credited to home districts
Golden Triangle Early College High School students’ accountability exam scores will be credited to each student’s home district as of this fall.
Starkville’s Leslie Fye named Mississippi Parent of the Year
During football season, Leslie Fye is the loudest parent in the stands.
Her children aren’t on the field and they’re not in the band. But to Fye, every child at Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District needs to hear their name called from the bleachers.
Area school boards ask MDE to send GTECHS scores to home districts
Area school board presidents are fighting for their districts to receive test scores from Golden Triangle Early College High School’s students.
Area districts vow all teachers will get their raises
A Mississippi Department of Education math error could cost three area public school districts nearly $500,000 next school year to fund teacher raises.
Labat: LCSD ‘deliberately’ enrolling city students
A complaint filed with the Mississippi Department of Education alleges Lowndes County School District is willfully enrolling students who live within the Columbus Municipal School District boundaries.
State board approves ratings for area school districts
Accountability ratings for area school districts remain unchanged nearly a month after the Mississippi State Board of Education delayed approving them.
Delay of school rating approval blindsides local districts
Local school administrators expressed shock at the State Board of Education’s decision Thursday to postpone approving letter grade accountability ratings for school districts and schools.
Area districts all show gains in accountability ratings
The Mississippi Department of Education released its school district accountability grades Thursday, which showed improvements for three school districts in the Golden Triangle.
CMSD shows improvement on state assessments from last year
Columbus Municipal School District students scored higher overall compared to last year during spring assessments.
Community meeting at Noxubee County schools addresses takeover
More than 300 concerned parents, teachers and community stakeholders packed the Noxubee County High School gymnasium Tuesday to meet the new face of Noxubee County School District.
Governor approves takeover of Noxubee school district
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.
State panel recommends takeover of Noxubee schools
With leaders of an eastern Mississippi school district themselves admitting they won’t be able to pay their bills by August, the state took the first step Wednesday toward taking the schools over.
Two more CMSD schools fall to F rating
The Mississippi Department of Education released its school district accountability grades Thursday, revealing a mixed bag of results in the Golden Triangle.
LCSD teachers awarded money from MDE
Six of the eight Lowndes County schools have received money from the Mississippi Department of Education as part of the department’s school recognition program.
CMSD students perform poorly on state assessments
The majority of Columbus Municipal School District students failed end-of-year assessments in 2016-17, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
MDE releases district grades for 2015-16
Golden Triangle school districts maintained their ratings for the 2015-16 school year despite facing a third new test in three years.
MDE visits Starkville for listening session
Mississippi State University and the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District hosted an event Monday in the Starkville High School library to brief stakeholders on the status of education in the state and to collect input to aid improvement efforts for Mississippi school systems.
State holding scholarship lottery for special needs children
The Mississippi Department of Education will hold a scholarship lottery for special needs children.
Under the Capitol Dome: Analysis: Wright’s time as superintendent at a crossroads
Carey Wright wanted to be a superintendent pretty badly, but sometimes you have to wonder if she knew what she was getting into when she took the job leading Mississippi’s public schools.