Education
Not all Mississippi schools are reporting COVID-19 results as required
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The number of COVID-19 cases in schools is unclear because not all schools are submitting a report to the Mississippi State Department of Health every week.
Election 2020
Inside an at-risk Mississippi Delta voter’s journey to ensure safe voting conditions
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Jackie Lucas asked officials to move her small, unsafe Mound Bayou precinct during the COVID-19 pandemic. She encountered systemic dysfunction at every turn.
Education
What Mississippi college presidents have to say about COVID-19 on their campuses
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To date, 1,400 Mississippi students, faculty, and staff have been infected with the coronavirus at the state’s public colleges and universities.
‘In the midst of crisis and struggle…there’s still hope’ — Q&A with Delta nonprofit director Chiquikta Shaw
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Mississippi Today sat down with Chiquikta Fountain, executive director for Delta Hands for Hope, to learn more about her organization’s work with youth in Shaw.
Coronavirus in Mississippi
How many people at your college have COVID-19? In Mississippi, it’s hard to track
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It is difficult to gauge the scale of infections at the state’s public colleges and universities, because they don’t have to report this information publicly, and those that do all use different metrics.
Education
Weekly update: How many students and teachers have tested positive for COVID-19 in your school?
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Weekly updates on coronavirus cases in Mississippi’s public and private schools.
Education
Interactive: How many students and teachers have tested positive for COVID-19 in your county?
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The Mississippi Department of Health is now reporting COVID data from public and private schools.
Education
Auditor: MDE ‘ignored state law’ surrounding COVID-19 spending on technology
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State Auditor Shad White said this week that the Mississippi Department of Education cut districts off from choosing their own technology vendors to purchase computers for distance learning.
Coronavirus in Mississippi
As COVID-19 grips college campuses, IHL board meets for 26 minutes without discussing pandemic
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The state’s college board held a 26-minute meeting Thursday that ended without a single mention of the top issue facing American higher ed.
Education
Mississippi students can’t get laptops because of Chinese human rights violations
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Cleveland students won’t receive laptops in time for the start of school because of a backorder Chinese human rights violations has created.
Coronavirus in Mississippi
COVID-19 outbreak closes Mississippi elementary school just one week after it reopened
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This is the first known Mississippi school to close due to a COVID-19 outbreak after reopening earlier this month.
Education
How teachers are dealing with student trauma
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As schools reopen during a pandemic, post George Floyd, teachers have more to prepare for than just educating their students.
Health
As COVID-19 deaths increase, Bolivar County coroner requests more body storage
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Bolivar County’s coroner is dealing with an increase in COVID-19 related deaths and running out of locations to store the dead.
Education
Districts scramble to understand, comply with governor’s last-minute delayed schools order
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Twenty-one school districts were affected by the governor’s executive order, and there is some confusion about how to apply it to reopening plans.
Education
State Board of Education allows shortened school year for some districts
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School districts that had to change their start date or are affected by the governor’s recent executive order no longer have to meet the 180 day requirement.